Re: Should we back-patch SSL renegotiation fixes?

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Should we back-patch SSL renegotiation fixes?
Date: 2015-06-26 13:58:32
Message-ID: 558D5A88.4060609@iki.fi
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On 06/26/2015 04:53 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:03 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
>>> I don't accept the argument that there are not ways to tell users
>>> about things they might want to do.
>>
>> We probably could do that. But why would we want to? It's just as much
>> work, and puts the onus on more people?
>
> Because it doesn't force a behavior change down everyone's throat.

It's arguable whether this is a change in behaviour or not. SSL
renegotiation is (supposed to be) completely transparent to the user.

- Heikki

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