Re: disable SSL compression?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Claudio Freire <klaussfreire(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: disable SSL compression?
Date: 2018-03-17 14:18:11
Message-ID: 8e1f490c-c58f-2607-8fd9-c62123cccac3@2ndquadrant.com
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On 3/11/18 13:28, Tom Lane wrote:
>> My proposal is the attached patch that sets the default in libpq to off
>> and adjusts the documentation a bit so it doesn't sound like we have
>> missed the news altogether.
>
> Seems reasonable as far as it goes, but do we need to make corresponding
> server-side changes?

We could add a setting to disable SSL compression on the server, as some
web servers have been doing, but the niche of version combinations where
that would be applicable seems pretty low.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

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