From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Bear Giles <bgiles(at)coyotesong(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: SSL (patch 6) |
Date: | 2002-06-14 04:31:25 |
Message-ID: | 200206140431.g5E4VPK22473@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Patch applied. Thanks.
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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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