Re: PostgreSQL12 and older versions of OpenSSL

On 2019-09-27 03:51, Michael Paquier wrote:
> I have tested compilation of REL_12_STABLE with the top of OpenSSL
> 0.9.8, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0 and 1.1.1.  Our SSL tests also pass
> in all the setups I have tested.

great

> Your patch does not issue a ereport(LOG/FATAL) in the event of a
> failure with SSL_CTX_set_max_proto_version(), which is something done
> when ssl_protocol_version_to_openssl()'s result is -1.  Wouldn't it be
> better to report that properly to the user?

Our SSL_CTX_set_max_proto_version() is a reimplementation of a function
that exists in newer versions of OpenSSL, so it has a specific error
behavior.  Our implementation should probably not diverge from it too much.

> Some more nits about the patch I have.  Would it be worth copying the
> comment from min_proto_version() to SSL_CTX_set_max_proto_version()?
> I would add a newline before the comment block as well.

ok

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