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Re: Document when ssl_prefer_server_ciphers went in

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

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From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-07-03T16:51:57Z
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> On 3 Jul 2024, at 18:22, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> 
> Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
>> In the documentation for ssl_prefer_server_ciphers we only say it's not in
>> "older version" but we omit to specify it further.  Since it's a fairly
>> important setting for security I think it makes sense to add the version to
>> help users, as in the small attached diff (which also adds proper markup in the
>> paragraph while in there).
> 
> This could be shortened perhaps:
> 
> -        Older PostgreSQL versions do not have this setting and always use the
> +        <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> versions before 9.4 do not have this setting and always use the

Good idea, that reads better.

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Daniel Gustafsson

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  1. doc: Specify when ssl_prefer_server_ciphers was added