Bug 64826 - libtcnative prompts for private key password in some situations
Summary: libtcnative prompts for private key password in some situations
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Tomcat Native
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Library (show other bugs)
Version: 1.2.23
Hardware: All All
: P2 major (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tomcat Developers Mailing List
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Reported: 2020-10-19 09:59 UTC by Michael Osipov
Modified: 2023-10-23 11:22 UTC (History)
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Description Michael Osipov 2020-10-19 09:59:55 UTC 
Based the discussion here: https://www.mail-archive.com/users@tomcat.apache.org/msg136430.html

libtcnative might prompt for a password if the given password is wrong or not supplied. This happens only when the private key is encrypted.

This has several issues:

* It is not guaranteed that stdin is attached to a TTY
* No information about the certificate is given. If I have more than one which is it?
* Even though Javadocs of libtcnative document it, connector documentation never mentions this.

mod_ssl has the SSLPassPhraseDialog where the admin can strictly control how this has to be done. From an admin's POV, I would rather expect an exception in the logs rather than blocking the entire process.
Comment 1 Michael Osipov 2023-10-23 11:22:29 UTC 
Last point has been addressed with Bug 66670.