On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 04:32:52PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Now, should we support the 0.9.6-and-earlier mechanism? My inclination
> is no; even RHEL 3, the oldest supported Linux distribution, uses 0.9.7
> (Heck, even Red Hat Linux 9, released on 2003). To see OpenSSL 0.9.6
> you need to go back to Red Hat Linux 7.2, released on 2001 using a Linux
> kernel 2.4. Surely no one in their right mind would use a current
> Postgres release on such an ancient animal.
Agreed. The OpenSSL Project last applied a security fix to 0.9.6 over eight
years ago. Compatibility with 0.9.6 has zero or negative value.
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Noah Misch
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