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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2020-08-31 16:21:03 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2020-08-31 16:21:03 -0400
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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
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@@ -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.
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