Re: Postgres and TLSv1.2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jan Bilek <jan(dot)bilek(at)eftlab(dot)co(dot)uk>, Chris Dawes <chris(dot)dawes(at)eftlab(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres and TLSv1.2
Date: 2015-05-22 00:45:27
Message-ID: 18843.1432255527@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I wrote:
> I think this was probably a mistake. I suggest that in the back branches
> we should leave the server alone (rejecting SSL v3 might annoy somebody
> using old non-libpq clients) but adjust libpq to use SSLv23_method() plus
> SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3. IOW, back-patch 820f08cabdcbb899,
> though perhaps also the comment adjustments in 326e1d73c476a0b5.
> This would have the effect of allowing libpq to use TLS-anything, not only
> TLSv1 which is what it's been requiring since 7.3.2.

Done at
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=c6b7b9a9cef1253ad12122959d0e78f62d8aee1f

This is too late for tomorrow's releases, but it will be in the next minor
releases --- or if you're in a hurry, you could apply that patch locally.

regards, tom lane

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