[DOCS-3834] Update docs to reflect that CA is mandatory for X509 auth Created: 28/Jul/14  Updated: 16/Mar/15  Resolved: 22/Aug/14

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: v1.3.10

Type: Improvement Priority: Critical - P2
Reporter: Alexander Komyagin Assignee: Michael Paik
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
Labels: security-review
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified
Environment:

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure-x509/


Issue Links:
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 Description   

We need CA to make sure that the certificate provided by the client is valid.

Without CA the intruder could just generate his own certificate.



 Comments   
Comment by Githook User [ 22/Aug/14 ]

Author:

{u'username': u'tychoish', u'name': u'Sam Kleinman', u'email': u'samk@10gen.com'}

Message: DOCS-3701 DOCS-3736 DOCS-3834: edits
Branch: master
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/de8a82c91e612944955db05e9f4dfda358b554ab

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