Commit b1ae70b3 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

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
parent 70e791f4
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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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