Re: SSL compression - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Abhijit Menon-Sen
Subject Re: SSL compression
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Msg-id YYjuSFMlJAnwX0UX@toroid.org
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In response to Re: SSL compression  ("Michael J. Baars" <mjbaars1977.pgsql.hackers@gmail.com>)
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At 2021-11-08 10:10:55 +0100, mjbaars1977.pgsql.hackers@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRIME
> 
> Well Abhijit, personally I don't see any connection between crime and
> compression.

Reading the page I linked to may help you make the connection. If not,
try any of the numerous other pages that talk about vulnerabilities in
TLS related to compression.

> As I understand it, TLS is a predecessor of SSL.

No. SSL is the predecessor.

> People are trying to move away from TLS, not from compression.

No.

-- ams



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