Re: libpq 8.4 beta1: $PGHOST complains about missing root.crt

From: Martin Pitt <mpitt(at)debian(dot)org>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: libpq 8.4 beta1: $PGHOST complains about missing root.crt
Date: 2009-04-14 07:52:30
Message-ID: 20090414075230.GJ4196@piware.de
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Magnus Hagander [2009-04-12 0:29 +0200]:
> The option is there already, it's called "none". That's what people are
> asking for - they don't care who they are connecting to, just that the
> traffic is encrypted (be it legitimate or hacked traffic, at least it's
> encrypted).

For the record, I don't agree. SSL certificate validation is good, and
should be done as long as you have a cert installed. Encryption
without authentication is not worth a lot, after all.

Martin

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