Re: compressed protocol

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: compressed protocol
Date: 2006-09-04 00:39:49
Message-ID: 44FB75D5.4000109@cox.net
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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?

How difficult would it be to add a zlib(?) hook? (No, really. I'm
*not* assuming that it would be trivial.)

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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