Re: PostgreSQL SSL params

Try to get a list of specific ciphers that they object to. Then you can
use "openssl ciphers" and SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(3) to tune your settings.

Okay. Will do thanks.

On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 1:23 PM Peter Eisentraut <
peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> On 13.06.21 16:20, pramod kg wrote:
> > I have enabled ssl on my PG servers and have set ssl_cipher to "HIGH".
> > Still, the security team complains that weak ciphers are accepted at
> > server side (They have run some security tests).
>
> Try to get a list of specific ciphers that they object to. Then you can
> use "openssl ciphers" and SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(3) to tune your settings.
>
> > Security team
> > suggesting to use ssl_dh_params_file.
> >
> > As per my understanding, DH is a key exchange protocol (read in some
> > forum). DH is used to securely generate a common key between two
> > parties, other algorithms are used for encryption itself. So I
> > believe that dhparam does not help in resolving weak cipher issues. Need
> > some insight on this.
>
> I think you are correct on this.
>