Re: Disable OpenSSL compression

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeroen Vermeulen <jtv(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
Cc: Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Disable OpenSSL compression
Date: 2011-11-08 17:39:05
Message-ID: 23748.1320773945@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeroen Vermeulen <jtv(at)xs4all(dot)nl> writes:
> Another reason why I believe compression is often used with encryption
> is to maximize information content per byte of data: harder to guess,
> harder to crack. Would that matter?

Yes, it would. There's a reason why the OpenSSL default is what it is.

regards, tom lane

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