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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 | bdfd83f4a4cf97f7bd790f36783decada5e447a6 (patch) | |
tree | 7f127dc711df941fde5a1f33515e68d25cc82f4d /doc/src | |
parent | 11d0ed6a053184dd9b3cc8d51a237791c770f5d1 (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
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-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 1abfc8515c3..a73e9d78e3e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -2260,8 +2260,10 @@ 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> |