On 11/08/2011 03:59 PM, Albe Laurenz wrote:
> If there are concerns about that, maybe a GUC variable like
> ssl_compression (defaulting to off) would be a solution.
>
I'd vote for a libpq connect option instead. Something like
sslcompress=yes|no accompanied by PGSSLCOMPRESS environment
variable. And defaulting to "yes", as not to break any
backward compatibilty. For instance we expect SSL to provide
compression, wouldn't even use it without it.
Regards,
Martin