Re: ssl connections with psql
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Тема | Re: ssl connections with psql |
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Msg-id | 20010316124524.B30948@dragon.universe обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | RE: ssl connections with psql ("Christian Marschalek" <cm@chello.at>) |
Список | pgsql-general |
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 05:58:42PM +0100, Christian Marschalek wrote: > Hi ! > > > Yes. > > May I ask what the difference between apache compiled with ssl and > postgresql with ssl is? if there's any... > very easy question that even i can answer. apache is a web server postgresql is database server got it?? ssl is general software layer which lives between some user level applications and os. you can make almost all of your run of the mills tcp/ip applications ssl aware. apache and postgresql being one of those run of the mills applications they learn how to speak ssl language. ssl is generally associated with web servers/browsers because netscape invented it. whether it's good or bad i'm not sure. i dislike the way netscape marketed it itself using scare tactics.. nowadays people consider ssl panacea for network security and i'm sick of getting clueless client wanting ssl pages for their applications who don't realize all the risks involved. it's almost always like buying $10,000 alarm system and leaving the window open when you left your house. necessity is the source of inventions, they say. but i often wonder..
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