Re: Proposal: Implementing Botan as an alternative TLS backend for PostgreSQL

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Javier Gutierrez-Maturana sanchez <fj(dot)gutierrezs91(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Enrique Soriano <enrique(dot)soriano(at)gmail(dot)com>, Gorka Guardiola <paurea(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Proposal: Implementing Botan as an alternative TLS backend for PostgreSQL
Date: 2026-03-21 20:11:09
Message-ID: 9C26F7E9-80F4-400C-B5F4-A32992ABDBE0@yesql.se
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> On 21 Mar 2026, at 19:44, Javier Gutierrez-Maturana sanchez <fj(dot)gutierrezs91(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I would like to start a discussion regarding the feasibility of decoupling our current TLS implementation to allow for alternative cryptographic backends, specifically **Botan** (via its C wrapper).

You should perhaps start by doing basic level research, since we did that over
a decade ago.

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Daniel Gustafsson

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