Re: storing an explicit nonce

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Kincaid <tomjohnkincaid(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Masahiko Sawada <masahiko(dot)sawada(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: storing an explicit nonce
Date: 2021-06-25 21:22:04
Message-ID: 20210625212204.GA7256@momjian.us
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On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 05:02:01PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> For these reasons, if we decide to go in the direction of using a
> non-LSN nonce, I no longer plan to continue working on this feature. I
> would rather work on things that have a more positive impact. Maybe a
> non-LSN nonce is a better long-term plan, but there are too many
> unknowns and complexity for me to feel comfortable with it.

As stated above, I have no plans to continue working on this feature. I
am attaching my final patches here in case anyone wants to make use of
them; it passes check-world and all my private tests. I have removed
my patches from the feature wiki page:

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Transparent_Data_Encryption

and replaced it with a link to this email.

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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> https://momjian.us
EDB https://enterprisedb.com

If only the physical world exists, free will is an illusion.

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