Re: Direct SSL connection with ALPN and HBA rules

From: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Direct SSL connection with ALPN and HBA rules
Date: 2024-04-29 19:34:18
Message-ID: CAOYmi+kDOe+1=LPzZM0CrcEWf6Ht+1vP49+nX3pZd1U1bo26gA@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 12:32 PM Jacob Champion
<jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 12:06 PM Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> wrote:
> > On 29/04/2024 21:43, Jacob Champion wrote:
> > > But if you're in that situation, what does the use of directonly give
> > > you over `sslnegotiation=direct`? You already know that servers
> > > support direct, so there's no additional performance penalty from the
> > > less strict mode.
> >
> > Well, by that argument we don't need requiredirect/directonly at all.
> > This goes back to whether it's a security feature or a performance feature.
>
> That's what I've been trying to argue, yeah. If it's not a security
> feature... why's it there?

Er, I should clarify this. I _want_ requiredirect. I just want it to
be a security feature.

--Jacob

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