On 2023-11-02 19:32:28 -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> > From 327e86d52be1df8de9c3a324cb06b85ba5db9604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: David Christensen <david@pgguru.net>
> > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:16:00 -0400
> > Subject: [PATCH v3 5/5] Add encrypted/authenticated WAL
> >
> > When using an encrypted cluster, we need to ensure that the WAL is also
> > encrypted. While we could go with an page-based approach, we use instead a
> > per-record approach, using GCM for the encryption method and storing the AuthTag
> > in the xl_crc field.
What was the reason for this decision?
?