PostgreSQL must map the PKI-authenticated identity to an associated user account.

The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. Once a PKI certificate has been validated, it must be mapped to a PostgreSQL user account for the authenticated identity to be meaningful to PostgreSQL and useful for authorization decisions.

The Common Name (cn) attribute of the certificate will be compared to the requested database username and, if they match, the login will be allowed.

To check the cn of the certificate, using openssl, do the following:

$ openssl x509 -noout -subject -in /path/to/your/client_cert.file

If the cn does not match the users listed in PostgreSQL and no user mapping is used, this is a finding.

User name mapping can be used to allow cn to be different from the database username. If User Name Maps are used, run the following as the database administrator (shown here as "postgres"), to get a list of maps used for authentication:

$ sudo su - postgres
$ grep "map" ${PGDATA?}/pg_hba.conf

With the names of the maps used, check those maps against the username mappings in pg_ident.conf:

$ sudo su - postgres
$ cat ${PGDATA?}/pg_ident.conf

If user accounts are not being mapped to authenticated identities, this is a finding.

If the cn and the username mapping do not match, this is a finding.

Configure PostgreSQL to map authenticated identities directly to PostgreSQL user accounts.

For information on configuring PostgreSQL to use SSL, refer to supplementary content APPENDIX-G.