SSL support in PG 7.4

Has any progress been made in getting SSL support for connections
between Java apps and PG via JDBC? The mail archives seem to say "no"
(at least as of last February).

If not, a short discussion of what would be involved would be
appreciated. We may have some programmer cycles to apply to such a project.
                    Thanks,
                    Rich Cullingford
                    rculling@sysd.com