Re: Add ssl_(supported|shared)_groups to sslinfo - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dmitry Dolgov
Subject Re: Add ssl_(supported|shared)_groups to sslinfo
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In response to Re: Add ssl_(supported|shared)_groups to sslinfo  (Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6@gmail.com>)
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> On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 11:43:10AM +0100, Dmitry Dolgov wrote:
> Naming is hard of course, but my plan was to stick to short names like
> those above, and unwrap them in the documentation:
> 
> * Supported: list of named groups supported by the client for key
>   exchange in the form of "supported_groups" extension.
> 
>   Supported group is the exact terminology used in the TLS spec.
> 
> * Shared: lisf of named groups shared with the server side.
> 
>   This one actually doesn't appear in the spec. The closest name
>   featured is "selected_groups", but only in the context of the retry
>   requests. Thus I took this form the OpenSSL docs.
> 
> * Negotiated: the group used for the handshake key exchange process.
> 
>   Surprsingly, I don't see any exact terminology for this in the TLS
>   spec, it just says "the named group for the key being exchanged". The
>   name is taken from the OpenSSL documentation.
> 
> How does it sound?

Added those into the documentation, will create a CF item.

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