Re: Disable OpenSSL compression

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Disable OpenSSL compression
Date: 2011-11-08 14:58:03
Message-ID: 20555.1320764283@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> On 11/08/2011 09:34 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> There might be some argument for providing a client option to disable
>> compression, but it should not be forced, and it shouldn't even be the
>> default. But before adding YA connection option, I'd want to see some
>> evidence that it's useful over non-local connections.

> I can certainly conceive of situations where one wants SSL on a high
> speed/bandwidth network. I don't think we should assume that all or even
> most real world SSL use will be across slow networks.

Even for that use-case, I don't believe that testing on a local loopback
connection should be considered representative.

regards, tom lane

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