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There were three problems with the sslnegotiation options: 1. The sslmode=prefer and sslnegotiation=requiredirect combination was somewhat dangerous, as you might unintentionally fall back to plaintext authentication when connecting to a pre-v17 server. 2. There was an asymmetry between 'postgres' and 'direct' options. 'postgres' meant "try only traditional negotiation", while 'direct' meant "try direct first, and fall back to traditional negotiation if it fails". That was apparent only if you knew that the 'requiredirect' mode also exists. 3. The "require" word in 'requiredirect' suggests that it's somehow more strict or more secure, similar to sslmode. However, I don't consider direct SSL connections to be a security feature. To address these problems: - Only allow sslnegotiation='direct' if sslmode='require' or stronger. And for the record, Jacob and Robert felt that we should do that (or have sslnegotiation='direct' imply sslmode='require') anyway, regardless of the first issue. - Remove the 'direct' mode that falls back to traditional negotiation, and rename what was called 'requiredirect' to 'direct' instead. In other words, there is no "try both methods" option anymore, 'postgres' now means the traditional negotiation and 'direct' means a direct SSL connection. Reviewed-by: Jelte Fennema-Nio, Robert Haas, Jacob Champion Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/d3b1608a-a1b6-4eda-9ec5-ddb3e4375808%40iki.fi |
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