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commit 8924ca865b18cac0b655170989bcd9507991d06f
Author: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Mon Aug 31 20:21:03 2020 +0000
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
doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 6 ++++--
1 file 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.
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