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PostgreSQL 9 Administration Cookbook - Second Edition
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PostgreSQL 9 Administration Cookbook - Second Edition

by Simon Riggs, GIANNI CIOLLI, Hannu Krosing, Gabriele Bartolini
April 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
504 pages
11h 41m
English
Packt Publishing
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Using SSL certificates to authenticate the client

This recipe shows you how to set up your PostgreSQL system so that it requires clients to present a valid X.509 certificate before allowing them to connect.

This can be used as an additional security layer to use double authentication, where the client must both have a valid certificate to set up the SSL connection and also know the database user's password. It can also be used as the sole authentication method, where the PostgreSQL server will first verify the client connection using the certificate presented by the client, and then retrieve the username from the same certificate.

Getting ready

Get, or generate, a root certificate and a client certificate to be used by the connecting client.

How to ...

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