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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 | 361217659dc80e8f7763eaba047d19391d908f9d (patch) | |
| tree | 0a10a7ba558d1ddbb2775efdcdea2376c6a49434 | |
| parent | aa02d352b53329287b22092ed41a9a9ec23b0ef8 (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 196ed5adc24..78ac5e8edea 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -2298,8 +2298,10 @@ 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> |