Re: Support for NSS as a libpq TLS backend - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Support for NSS as a libpq TLS backend
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Msg-id 20220131213211.ayukekzcgmetbdju@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Support for NSS as a libpq TLS backend  (Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>)
Responses Re: Support for NSS as a libpq TLS backend  (Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>)
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Hi,

On 2022-01-31 14:24:03 +0100, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> > On 28 Jan 2022, at 15:30, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would really, really like to have an alternative to OpenSSL for PG.
> > I don't know if this is the right thing, though. If other people are
> > dropping support for it, that's a pretty bad sign IMHO. Later in the
> > thread it says OpenLDAP have dropped support for it already as well.
> 
> I'm counting this and Andres' comment as a -1 on the patchset, and given where
> we are in the cycle I'm mark it rejected in the CF app shortly unless anyone
> objects.

I'd make mine more a -0.2 or so. I'm concerned about the lack of non-code
documentation and the state of code documentation. I'd like an openssl
alternative, although not as much as a few years ago - it seems that the state
of openssl has improved compared to most of the other implementations.

Greetings,

Andres Freund



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