Re: SSL (patch 6)

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

http://candle.pha.pa.us/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Bear Giles wrote:
> SSL support for ephemeral DH keys.
>
> As the comment headers in be-secure.c discusses, EPH preserves
> confidentiality even if the static private key (which is usually
> kept unencrypted) is compromised.
>
> Because of the value of this, common default values are hard-coded
> to protect the confidentiality of the data even if an attacker
> successfully deletes or modifies the external file.
>
> Bear

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