Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: libpq: Support TLS versions beyond TLSv1.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Wim Lewis <wiml(at)omnigroup(dot)com>, Jeffrey Walton <noloader(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: libpq: Support TLS versions beyond TLSv1.
Date: 2014-01-31 21:04:50
Message-ID: 21694.1391202290@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 12:25:30PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Alternatively, given that TLS has been around for a dozen years and
>> openssl versions that old have not gotten security updates for a long
>> time, why don't we just reject SSLv3 on the backend side too?

> Attached patch disables SSLv3 in backend.
> TLS is supported in OpenSSL since fork from SSLeay, in Java since 1.4.2,
> in Windows since XP. It's hard to imagine this causing any
> compatibility problems.

I didn't hear anyone objecting to this idea, so I'll go ahead and commit
this in HEAD.

regards, tom lane

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