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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2020-08-31 16:21:03 -0400 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2020-08-31 16:21:03 -0400 |
| commit | 01bcfe705d69e0b9b50c752742a79bb88bdc72ff (patch) | |
| tree | fc5272c560aa0377d03d996d47a7b7816848ef55 | |
| parent | 0d447ba962bbaa40f9d47d563086f1debf562b20 (diff) | |
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docs: clarify intermediate certificate creation instructions
Specifically, explain the v3_ca openssl specification.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20200824175653.GA32411@momjian.us
Backpatch-through: 9.5
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index e84332cdee6..6801a1aecce 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -2324,8 +2324,10 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433 The certificates of <quote>intermediate</quote> certificate authorities can also be appended to the file. Doing this avoids the necessity of storing intermediate certificates on clients, assuming the root and - intermediate certificates were created with <literal>v3_ca</literal> - extensions. This allows easier expiration of intermediate certificates. + intermediate certificates were created with <literal>v3_ca </literal> + extensions. (This sets the certificate's basic constraint of + <literal>CA</literal> to <literal>true</literal>.) + This allows easier expiration of intermediate certificates. </para> <para> |