Re: Adding deprecation notices to pgcrypto documentation

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Adding deprecation notices to pgcrypto documentation
Date: 2024-03-04 21:03:13
Message-ID: 44363AF2-0CA8-42E2-B2A7-4EB6F23C0E5B@yesql.se
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> On 16 Nov 2023, at 21:49, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:
>
> In the "Allow tests to pass in OpenSSL FIPS mode" thread [0] it was discovered
> that 3DES is joining the ranks of NIST disallowed algorithms. The attached
> patch adds a small note to the pgcrypto documentation about deprecated uses of
> algorithms. I've kept it to "official" notices such as RFC's and NIST SP's.
> There might be more that deserve a notice, but this seemed like a good start.
>
> Any thoughts on whether this would be helpful?

Cleaning out my inbox I came across this which I still think is worth doing,
any objections to going ahead with it?

--
Daniel Gustafsson

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