Re: re-reading SSL certificates during server reload

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alexey Klyukin <alexk(at)hintbits(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: re-reading SSL certificates during server reload
Date: 2014-08-28 14:14:54
Message-ID: 20140828141454.GD25984@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2014-08-28 10:12:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >> Why would they need to be BACKEND, as opposed to just PGC_SIGHUP?
>
> > I just thought semantically - because they do not change in a running
> > backend. Any running backend will continue with encryption set up
> > based on the old certificate.
>
> Hm. Yeah, I guess there is some use in holding onto the values that were
> actually used to initialize the current session, or at least there would
> be if we exposed the cert contents in any fashion.

Won't that allow the option to be specified at connection start by mere
mortal users? That sounds odd to me.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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