Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> zeljko <zeljko(at)holobit(dot)net> writes:
>>> Is there any plans (or somebody already working on) to see compressed
>>> protocol in 8.2 ?
>>
>> Why bother? Run your session through an ssh tunnel and ask it to
>> compress.
> Wouldn't that add extra libssl overhead?
Well, (a) if you're sending your data over a nonlocal network (and over
a LAN, you don't need compression), you probably want some encryption.
(b) I believe there's a "null cipher" mode for SSL if you truly don't
need encryption.
regards, tom lane