On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 05:57:38PM +0100, agharta82@gmail.com wrote:
> So, a test with pgcrypto:
>
> select pgp_sym_encrypt(data::text, 'pwd') --default to aes128
> from generate_series('2022-01-01'::timestamp, '2022-12-31'::timestamp, '1
> hour'::interval) data
>
> vs
>
> select pgp_sym_encrypt(data::text, 'pwd','cipher-algo=bf') -- blowfish
> from generate_series('2022-01-01'::timestamp, '2022-12-31'::timestamp, '1
> hour'::interval) data
To see the difference, I think you need to construct a single large
query that calls many pgcrypto functions, with a small return result, so
the network, parsing, and optimizer overhead are minimal compared to the
OpenSSL overhread.
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