Re: You're on SecurityFocus.com for the cleartext passwords. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: You're on SecurityFocus.com for the cleartext passwords.
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Msg-id 13140.957672602@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: You're on SecurityFocus.com for the cleartext passwords.  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: You're on SecurityFocus.com for the cleartext passwords.  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> So far, no one is excited about this so I will not push it anymore.

> Seems like that could be a solution, but we are trying not to bloat the
> PostgreSQL tarball.  Shipping SSH would certainly do that.

We already have the ability to work with an externally provided SSL
library.  Right at the moment I don't see the merit of folding SSL
into the Postgres distribution instead.
        regards, tom lane


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