</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies the name of the curve to use in <acronym>ECDH</acronym> key
- exchange. It needs to be supported by all clients that connect.
- Multiple curves can be specified by using a colon-separated list.
- It does not need to be the same curve used by the server's Elliptic
- Curve key. This parameter can only be set in the
+ Specifies the named group to use for <acronym>TLS</acronym> key
+ exchange. It needs to be supported by all clients that
+ connect. Multiple groups can be specified by using a colon-separated
+ list. It does not need to match the key type used by the server
+ certificate. This parameter can only be set in the
<filename>postgresql.conf</filename> file or on the server command line.
The default is <literal>X25519:prime256v1</literal>.
</para>
</note>
<para>
- <productname>OpenSSL</productname> names for the most common curves
+ <productname>OpenSSL</productname> names for the most common groups
are:
<literal>prime256v1</literal> (NIST P-256),
<literal>secp384r1</literal> (NIST P-384),