Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Felix Lechner <felix(dot)lechner(at)lease-up(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support
Date: 2020-06-29 14:31:59
Message-ID: 20200629143159.GA3125@tamriel.snowman.net
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Greetings,

* Christoph Berg (myon(at)debian(dot)org) wrote:
> Re: Peter Eisentraut
> > What would be the advantage of using wolfSSL over OpenSSL?
>
> Avoiding the OpenSSL-vs-GPL linkage problem with readline.

I'd further say "folks are interested in an alternative to OpenSSL" as
being a generally good reason to add support for alternatives, such as
the patch to add NSS support, which would also help with the GPL linkage
problem and add a higher FIPS rating option than OpenSSL.

Thanks,

Stephen

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