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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
commita8591cbb405d0ec39b06010d1700b3c431366875 (patch)
tree544bb77ec89ea5824f77a096b97c3f1cd98a0bcb
parent851e0f07a1478b4aecddf881f0608ef4d60bec98 (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.sgml6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index c4a7b1a2602..6403e37e6ae 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -2233,8 +2233,10 @@ 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.
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