<p dir="ltr">Iirc we changed the default to be SSL for localhost to address a particular problem. It seemed surprising
atthe time but it was the most effective solution.<div class="gmail_quote">On 19 Jul 2016 21:58, "Peter Eisentraut"
<<ahref="mailto:peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com">peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com</a>> wrote:<br
type="attribution"/><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex">On7/19/16 3:32 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:<br /> > There are definitely cases where it's
useful.I'm only arguing for<br /> > changing the default.<br /><br /> I don't understand why you want to change the
default. Is it for<br /> performance? Has it been measured?<br /><br /> --<br /> Peter Eisentraut <a
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