Re: SSL (patch 6) - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: SSL (patch 6)
Date
Msg-id 200206140431.g5E4VPK22473@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to SSL (patch 6)  (Bear Giles <bgiles@coyotesong.com>)
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Patch applied.  Thanks.

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Bear Giles wrote:
> SSL support for ephemeral DH keys.
>
> As the comment headers in be-secure.c discusses, EPH preserves
> confidentiality even if the static private key (which is usually
> kept unencrypted) is compromised.
>
> Because of the value of this, common default values are hard-coded
> to protect the confidentiality of the data even if an attacker
> successfully deletes or modifies the external file.
>
> Bear

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