Re: Certificate authentication docs in multiple places

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Certificate authentication docs in multiple places
Date: 2023-10-10 19:54:39
Message-ID: ZSWr_5t2JfyJe1im@momjian.us
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On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 05:28:04PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 04:28:24PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > On 23.03.23 14:33, Steve Atkins wrote:
> > > A couple of times recently I’ve been chatting with someone about using certificate authentication, and the docs they’ve found on it are the ones in section 21.12 (Client Authentication -> Certificate Authentication).
> > >
> > > But the useful documentation about how to set it up and use it is in section 19.9.3 (Secure TCP/IP Connections with SSL -> Using Client Certificates), where you’re less likely to find it while thinking about authentication.
> > >
> > > Should we add a link from the former to the latter?
> >
> > Sure, some cross-linking between those two sections seems sensible.
>
> Attached is a patch which accomplishes this.

Patch applied back to PG 11.

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