Re: New behavior with JDBC 42.2.5

From: "Ravi Krishna" <srkrishna(at)usa(dot)com>
To: "Adrian Klaver" <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: New behavior with JDBC 42.2.5
Date: 2018-09-22 00:46:57
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> First are doing a socket connection or a host connection? Socket
> connections ignore sslmode.

The URL template of JDBC used by dbeaver is jdbc:postgresql://{host}[:{port}]/[{database}]

From the manual

"The host component is interpreted as described for the parameter host. In particular, a Unix-domain socket connection is chosen if the host part is either empty or starts with a slash, otherwise a TCP/IP connection is initiated."

In our case the host name does not start with a slash. So I conclude it is using TCP/IP.

> psql postgresql://localhost:5432/test?sslmode=require
>
>
> psql postgresql://localhost:5432/test?sslmode=disable

We are using dbeaver, not psql. dbeaver also provides disable option for sslmode. I set sslmode=disable and it immediately rejected connection with error "SSL Mode off".

So the puzzle is -> in version 42.1.4 when we do not check "Use SSL " button, connection
fails with "SSL Mode off". In that version we check the box "Use SSL" and then in the dropdown
for sslmode, we select sslmode=require. Only then the connection passes.

In version 42.2.5 even if we do not check "Use SSL" it still behaves the same as
"Use SSL" checked and sslmode=require.

I was not able to import the security bulletin fully, but am I right in concluding
that JDBC 42.2.5 always turns on sslmode=require unless we explicitly set sslmode=disable.

Thanks for your help.

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