Re: Postgres and TLSv1.2 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

I wrote:
> I think this was probably a mistake.  I suggest that in the back branches
> we should leave the server alone (rejecting SSL v3 might annoy somebody
> using old non-libpq clients) but adjust libpq to use SSLv23_method() plus
> SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3.  IOW, back-patch 820f08cabdcbb899,
> though perhaps also the comment adjustments in 326e1d73c476a0b5.
> This would have the effect of allowing libpq to use TLS-anything, not only
> TLSv1 which is what it's been requiring since 7.3.2.

Done at
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=c6b7b9a9cef1253ad12122959d0e78f62d8aee1f

This is too late for tomorrow's releases, but it will be in the next minor
releases --- or if you're in a hurry, you could apply that patch locally.
        regards, tom lane