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| author | Bruce Momjian | 2020-08-31 20:21:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian | 2020-08-31 20:21:03 +0000 |
| commit | b1ae70b3b4fd54220a0901eaf3dd4c5ca0827108 (patch) | |
| tree | 4ef77eb94c0955212e4699b112daf319b012f8df /doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | |
| parent | 70e791f47e976a810254d52d38fbc33acdc8705f (diff) | |
docs: clarify intermediate certificate creation instructions
Specifically, explain the v3_ca openssl specification.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
Backpatch-through: 9.5
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml')
| -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 c8698898f32..a01add94b7f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -2193,8 +2193,10 @@ 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> |