Re: BUG #4340: SECURITY: Is SSL Doing Anything? - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: BUG #4340: SECURITY: Is SSL Doing Anything?
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Msg-id 48AC1075.3000800@hagander.net
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In response to Re: BUG #4340: SECURITY: Is SSL Doing Anything?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>> I'd set the default to "verifypeer" in 8.4 and up, but backpatch it with
>> a default of "off". That way we don't break existing setups, but give
>> users the ability to verify if if they want to.
>
> This seems a bit large/invasive/new-feature-ish for a backpatch.

I agree in principle, but I really didn't want to leave our "old" users
in the cold, unable to actually use SSL to secure their systems..

The code is there, actually, it's just #ifdef NOT_USED :-) From a *long*
time ago, and the commit message just says "silence compiler warnings",
so I've not managed to figure out why...

//Magnus

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