Re: SSL Connections

Matthew Kirkwood wrote:
  >On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Oliver Elphick wrote:
  >
  >> To create a quick self-signed certificate, use the CA.pl script
  >> included in OpenSSL:
...
  >Or you can do it manually:
  >
  >openssl req -new -text -out cert.req (you will have to enter a password)
  >mv privkey.pem cert.pem.pw
  >openssl rsa -in cert.pem.pw -out cert.pem  (this removes the password)
  >openssl req -x509 -in cert.req -text -key cert.pem -out cert.cert

then

  cp cert.pem $PGDATA/server.key
  cp cert.cert $PGDATA/server.crt

Thank you; this works.

I attach a documentation patch.

Oliver Elphick                                Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
Isle of Wight                              http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver
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GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839  932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C
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