Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A3552E0332 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:25:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 83577-01 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:25:11 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D86C52E0806 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:25:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2CLPB0q000901; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:25:11 -0400 (EDT) To: "Joshua D. Drake" cc: Magnus Hagander , Peter Eisentraut , pgsql-www@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Community accounts and SSL In-reply-to: <20080312141353.1d74caad@commandprompt.com> References: <200803122019.33349.peter_e@gmx.net> <1205355841.5803.8.camel@mha-laptop.clients.sollentuna.se> <20080312141353.1d74caad@commandprompt.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Joshua D. Drake" message dated "Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:13:53 -0700" Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:25:11 -0400 Message-ID: <900.1205357111@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200803/301 X-Sequence-Number: 14420 "Joshua D. Drake" writes: > That is certainly one way, but do we really need that? Isn't a self > signed cert good enough? Self-signed certs on a public-facing website scream of amateurism. Every time someone visits the site, their browser will complain about it, and quite rightly. If you wanna do this, you need to pony up some cash to Verisign or one of the other recognized CAs. regards, tom lane