Re: Magic number for SSLRequest

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: maxtardiveau(at)yahoo(dot)com, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Magic number for SSLRequest
Date: 2020-09-18 11:08:55
Message-ID: CABUevExFkC+nuWwAzDE3RD7wBE8G_uKPgwVtSE3QL2dE+onfBA@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 1:07 PM PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/protocol-message-formats.html
> Description:
>
> On page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/protocol-message-formats.html
>
> it says for SSLRequest packet:
>
> Int32(80877103)
> The SSL request code. The value is chosen to contain 1234 in the most
> significant 16 bits, and 5679 in the least significant 16 bits.
>
> I don't see how that works. 0x12345678 is 305,419,897.
>
> 80877103 decimal in hex is 0x04D2162F
>

It's 1234 and 5679, not 0x1234 and 0x5679. That is, it's decimal, not
hexadecimal.

0x04D2 = 1234
0x162F = 5679

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