Re: doc patch for ssl in server

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dominic Mitchell <dom(at)happygiraffe(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: doc patch for ssl in server
Date: 2004-09-23 20:37:52
Message-ID: 9752.1095971872@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dominic Mitchell <dom(at)happygiraffe(dot)net> writes:
> + If verification of client certificates is required, place the
> + certificates of the <acronym>CA</acronym> you wish to check for in
> + the file <filename>root.crt</filename> in the data directory. When
> + present, a client certificate will be requested from the client
> + making the connection and it must have been signed by one of the
> + certificates present in <filename>root.crt</filename>. If no
> + certificate is presented, the connection will be allowed to proceed
> + anway.

That last statement is not actually correct, is it? AFAICS we do tell
SSL to enforce certificates if we find a valid root.crt file.

regards, tom lane

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