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Bruce Momjian authored
some reading on the subject. 1) PostgreSQL uses ephemeral keying, for its connections (good thing) 2) PostgreSQL doesn't set the cipher list that it allows (bad thing, fixed) 3) PostgreSQL's renegotiation code wasn't text book correct (could be bad, fixed) 4) The rate of renegotiating was insanely low (as Tom pointed out, set to a more reasonable level) I haven't checked around much to see if there are any other SSL bits that need some review, but I'm doing some OpenSSL work right now and'll send patches for improvements along the way (if I find them). At the very least, the changes in this patch will make security folks happier for sure. The constant renegotiation of sessions was likely a boon to systems that had bad entropy gathering means (read: Slowaris /dev/rand|/dev/urand != ANDIrand). The new limit for renegotiations is 512MB which should be much more reasonable. Sean Chittenden
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