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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 | 8924ca865b18cac0b655170989bcd9507991d06f (patch) | |
| tree | 0601cb8ee83cae0909f2e5fd95624e105ee8c794 /doc/src | |
| parent | 1bb41c6ad795e018e396eb3e216b2d21fadc865a (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
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 f22ffc053db..223ab431708 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -2178,8 +2178,10 @@ 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> |