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Clarify libpq 'sslverify' documentation wording.
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.278 2009/02/11 04:08:47 momjian Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.279 2009/03/23 01:45:29 momjian Exp $ -->
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<chapter id="libpq">
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<title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>
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This option controls how libpq verifies the certificate on the
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server when performing an <acronym>SSL</> connection. There are
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three options: <literal>none</> disables verification completely
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(not recommended!); <literal>cert</> enables verification that
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the certificate chains to a known CA only; <literal>cn</> will
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both verify that the certificate chains to a known CA and that
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the <literal>cn</> attribute of the certificate matches the
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hostname the connection is being made to (default).
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(not recommended); <literal>cert</> enables verification that
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the server certificate chains to a known certificate
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authority (CA); <literal>cn</> will both verify that the
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certificate chains to a known CA and that the <literal>cn</>
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attribute of the server certificate matches the server's
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hostname (default).
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