src/practical_settings/DBs.tex

   1 %%\subsection{Database Systems}
   2 % This list is based on : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database_management_system#Market_share
   3
   4 \subsubsection{Oracle}
   5 \item[Tested with Version:] not tested
   6
   7 \item[References:] (German)
   8 {\small \url{www.telekom.com/static/-/155996/7/technische-sicherheitsanforderungen-si}}
   9
  10 Please read the following pages about SSL and ciphersuites:\\
  11 p. 129 -Req 396 and Req 397 \\
  12
  13
  14 \subsubsection{SQL Server}
  15 \todo{write this}
  16
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  20 \subsubsection{MySQL}
  21
  22 \begin{description}
  23 \item[Tested with Version:] Debian 7.0 and MySQL 5.5
  24
  25 \item[Settings:] \mbox{}
  26
  27 \paragraph*{my.cnf}\mbox{}\\
  28
  29 \begin{lstlisting}[breaklines]
  30 [mysqld]
  31 ssl
  32 ssl-ca=/etc/mysql/ssl/ca-cert.pem
  33 ssl-cert=/etc/mysql/ssl/client-cert.pem
  34 ssl-key=/etc/mysql/ssl/client-key.pem
  35 ssl-cipher=EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+SHA384:EECDH+aRSA+SHA256:EDH+CAMELLIA256:EECDH:EDH+aRSA:+SSLv3:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS:!RC4:!SEED:!AES128:!CAMELLIA128:!ECDSA:AES256-SHA
  36 \end{lstlisting}
  37
  38 \item[Additional settings:]
  39
  40
  41 \item[Justification for special settings (if needed):]
  42
  43 % in case you have the need for further justifications why you chose this and that setting or if the settings do not fit into the standard Variant A or Variant B schema, please document this here
  44
  45 \item[References:]
  46
  47 \todo{add references}
  48
  49 % add any further references or best practice documents here
  50
  51 \item[How to test:]
  52
  53 After restarting the server run the following query to see if the ssl settings are correct:
  54 \begin{lstlisting}[breaklines]
  55 show variables like '%ssl%';
  56 \end{lstlisting}
  57
  58
  59 \end{description}
  60
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  65
  66 \subsubsection{DB2}
  67 \todo{write this}
  68
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  72
  73 \subsubsection{Postgresql}
  74
  75 \begin{description}
  76 \item[Tested with Version:] Debian 7.0 and PostgreSQL 9.1
  77
  78 \item[References:]
  79
  80 It's recommended to read
  81
  82 {\small \url{http://www.postgresql.org/docs/X.X/interactive/runtime-config-connection.html\#RUNTIME-CONFIG-CONNECTION-SECURITY}}
  83 (please change X.X with your preferred version e.g. 9.1).
  84
  85 \item[Settings:] \mbox{}
  86
  87
  88 To start in SSL mode the server.crt and server.key must exist in the server's data directory \$PGDATA.
  89
  90 Starting with version 9.2, you have the possibility to set the path.
  91
  92 \begin{lstlisting}[breaklines]
  93 ssl_key_file = '/your/path/server.key'
  94 ssl_cert_file = '/your/path/server.crt'
  95 ssl_ca_file = '/your/path/root.crt'
  96 \end{lstlisting}
  97
  98 \paragraph*{postgresql.conf}\mbox{}\\
  99
 100 \begin{lstlisting}[breaklines]
 101 #>=8.3
 102 ssl = on
 103 ssl_ciphers = 'EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+SHA384:EECDH+aRSA+SHA256:EDH+CAMELLIA256:EECDH:EDH+aRSA:+SSLv3:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS:!RC4:!SEED:!AES128:!CAMELLIA128:!ECDSA:AES256-SHA'
 104 \end{lstlisting}
 105
 106
 107
 108 \item[How to test:]
 109 To test your ssl settings, run psql with the sslmode parameter:
 110 \begin{lstlisting}[breaklines]
 111 psql "sslmode=require host=postgres-server dbname=database" your-username
 112 \end{lstlisting}
 113
 114 \end{description}
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 118
 119 \subsubsection{Informix}
 120 \todo{write this}