Re: Any advantage of using SSL with a certificate of authority?

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Jesus Rafael Sanchez Medrano <jesusrafael(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Any advantage of using SSL with a certificate of authority?
Date: 2013-11-26 18:31:53
Message-ID: 20131126183153.GA6323@momjian.us
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On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 02:24:01PM -0400, Jesus Rafael Sanchez Medrano wrote:
> Looking to implement SSL. Every tutorial/sample I have found uses self signed
> certificates. Would there be any advantage of using a certificate from a CA
> such as digicertor rapidssl?

Well, by using a CA you are giving the CA rights to the key, while you
fully control a self signed key. Since you probably don't expect
unknown individuals to be connecting to your database, and self signed
key is recommended.

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