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<title>Client Authentication</title>

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<term><literal>hostssl</literal></term>

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<para>

This record pertains to connection attemps with SSL over

TCP/IP. Note that SSL connections are completely disabled

unless the server is started with the <option>-i</option>,

and also require ordinary TCP/IP connections to be enabled.

SSL connections also require SSL support to be enabled in

the backend at compile time.

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<term><literal>hostssl</literal></term>

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<title><![%flattext-install-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</> ]]>Installation Instructions</title>

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<term>--with-openssl=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</></term>

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Build with support for SSL (encrypted) connections.

This requires the OpenSSL library to be installed.

The <replaceable>DIRECTORY</> argument specifies the

root directory of the OpenSSL installation.

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<filename>configure</> will check for the required header

files and libraries to make sure that your OpenSSL

installation is sufficient before proceeding.

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<term>--enable-syslog</term>

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