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

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Any advantage of using SSL with a certificate of authority?
Date: 2013-11-26 18:33:47
Message-ID: 5294E98B.5040501@hogranch.com
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On 11/26/2013 10:24 AM, 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?
>

depends entirely on your use case. generally, since you control both
ends of a postgresql connection, there's no advantage to using signed
certificates, but if you have your own CA already, by all means go ahead
and use it.

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john r pierce 37N 122W
somewhere on the middle of the left coast

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