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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 | 0756921abeb8344dc4ca05b58016f71dddbe2ec9 (patch) | |
| tree | 7fb88b503418bb114698f232a6b0d2de13c9efb2 | |
| parent | f6679e0b4b435d2f9977bf0d03d10cf6c908c3e1 (diff) | |
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 b07467e4672..ad3d9a97bab 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -2255,8 +2255,10 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433 The certificates of <quote>intermediate</> 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</> - 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> |