Re: Broken link in pgcrypto documentation

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, hanefi(dot)onaldi(at)microsoft(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Broken link in pgcrypto documentation
Date: 2024-02-13 20:08:24
Message-ID: 2669703.1707854904@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
> On 13 Feb 2024, at 20:42, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I'm a little dubious about the "Technical References" list right below
>> it, too. The RFC references are probably useful and stable, and maybe
>> the wikipedia ref is OK, but I have little faith in either the
>> stability or the long-term relevance of the other two links.

> Not even those are all that stable, while the RFCs' in question haven't been
> replaced they have all been updated with new RFC's which we don't link to. I
> think we are better off removing them as well and leaving reading up on
> security/crypto subject an exercise for the reader.

Good point. Nuking both lists works for me.

regards, tom lane

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