Re: Does libpq have SSL functions?

Your Pgconn already is SSL encrypted.

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G. Anthony Reina wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Bruce.
>
> Yes, I'm aware of the pg_hba.conf setting to require SSL connections,
> however I was specifically asking if the C library for PostgreSQL had SSL
> functions built in to relieve me of actually having to write the code for
> the connections.
>
> That is, do I specifically have to negotiate the SSL connections in my
> program (i.e. ssl = SSL_new(ctx); if (SSL_connect(ssl)<=0) ...). Or, will
> the "conn = PQsetdb(pghost, pgport, pgoptions, pgtty, dbName); " already
> setup conn as an SSL connection for me if I specify requiressl?
>
> I think it is probably the former, but I'd hate to be reinventing the wheel
> and encrypting an already encrypted connection.
>
> Thanks.
> -Tony
>
>
>
> --On Tuesday, April 15, 2003 5:19 PM -0400 Bruce Momjian
> <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:r
>
> >
> > Yes. Take a look at pg_hba.conf's hostssl option. That will force SSL
> > for certain hosts. You can also use 'requiressl' in your libpq
> > connection string.
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> >
> > Tony Reina wrote:
> >> I'd like to build some SSL functionality into my C functions that
> >> access the PostgreSQL database. My C functions are calling the
> >> routines from libpq. By chance, are there any SSL functions inherent
> >> to libpq for establishing a secure connection to the postmaster?
> >>
> >> I mention this because I noticed in the source code for psql, the c
> >> file startup.c has the following line:
> >>
> >> ssl = PQgetssl(pset.db);
> >>
> >> I didn't seem to find any other SSL references in the /src/bin/psql
> >> directory using grep, but I know that psql can be built with SSL
> >> support so I was hoping to use the code for that as a template.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> -Tony
>
>
>

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