On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
> 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.
+1 from me as well, if any more are needed.
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