Re: Data Packaging/Data Unpacking

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:57 PM, oleg yusim <olegyusim(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > Say, I got network package. The package was decrypted by OpenSSL. Where
> this
> > data are, physically, at this moment?
>
> Process-local memory for the PostgreSQL backend process associated
> with the database connection.
>
> > Opposite situation: we are about to send results of SELECT statement over
> > the OpenSSL tunnel. Where are the data, physically, between the moment DB
> > engine returned results for my query and moment the package was
> encrypted by
> > OpenSSL?
>
> Process-local memory for the PostgreSQL backend process associated
> with the database connection.
>

​In other words (?) while OpenSSL may be a separate project the method of
its use involves loading all relevant code into the process space​

​of PostgreSQL - specifically the process that was forked when the SSL
client connection was established.

David J.​