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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2004-09-23 13:31:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2004-09-23 13:31:09 +0000 |
| commit | fa6fa8e549848c728387ad852e0af405d62bddf8 (patch) | |
| tree | 1392e7c7fea2e75bcd1b70053c6decb64310637f /doc/src | |
| parent | fb755b6dd469d98cb9939be4cb48081aa1405e38 (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-fa6fa8e549848c728387ad852e0af405d62bddf8.tar.gz postgresql-fa6fa8e549848c728387ad852e0af405d62bddf8.zip | |
This patch attempts to outline the supported level of SSL within libpq.
I haven't mentioned any of
~/.postgresql/{root.crt,postgresql.crt,postresql.key} even though they
are checked for in the code, since they do not appear to be supported. I
base this on discussions in pgsql-hackers.
Dominic Mitchell
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index 3b340364b5e..e39302e178c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.162 2004/08/19 16:39:13 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.163 2004/09/23 13:31:09 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="libpq"> @@ -240,6 +240,15 @@ PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo); connection.<indexterm><primary>SSL</><secondary sortas="libpq">with libpq</></indexterm> </para> + + <para> + Please note that <acronym>SSL</> support in libpq covers + encryption only. It will not verify the validity of the + certificate presented by the server that you are connecting to, + nor verify that the hostname matches that of the server's + certificate. Additionally, there is no support for client + certificates. + </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |