Re: [HACKERS] Re: SSL patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: SSL patch
Date
Msg-id 1743.932834430@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to RE: [HACKERS] Re: SSL patch  (Magnus Hagander <mha@sollentuna.net>)
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Magnus Hagander <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
> As it is right now, it should work in all combinations except a 6.6 client
> compiled with SSL support connecting to a pre-6.6 server. It already
> falls-back if the server is 6.6 (without SSL support). And the 6.6 client
> compiled without SSL works.

Actually, it shouldn't matter whether the server is 6.6-without-SSL
or pre-6.6.  At least in the way I envisioned it, they'd act the same.

> There is not yet a way in the client to specify that SSL connection is
> required (it can be specified on the server). I'm planning to put that in,
> but I thought it would be good to get the "base code" approved first - which
> proved to be a good thing :-)
> I'll see if I can wrap something up before I leave on vacation (leaving
> pretty soon, be gone about a week). Not sure I'll make it, though. Should I
> do this as a patch against what I have now, or keep sending in "the one big
> patch"?

I don't think anyone has applied your patch yet, so why don't you just
resubmit the whole thing after cleaning up the loose ends.
        regards, tom lane


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