Typo

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The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/libpq-ssl.html
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On page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/libpq-ssl.html in phrase "if no
Subject Alternative Name of type dNSName is present." dNSName should be
DNSName

#2Magnus Hagander
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In reply to: PG Bug reporting form (#1)
Re: Typo

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 9:55 AM PG Doc comments form
<noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:

The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/libpq-ssl.html
Description:

On page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/libpq-ssl.html in phrase "if no
Subject Alternative Name of type dNSName is present." dNSName should be
DNSName

No, that documentation is actually correct. The field name is actually
dNSName -- see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280 which defines it.

It's somewhat ridiculous, but you have the same thing with iPAdress
for example. I guess because the first letter has to be lowercase.

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