Re: Cutting support for OpenSSL 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 in 17~?

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-09-10T08:11:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> On 10 Sep 2024, at 10:01, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:

>> And pushed.  All BF owners with animals using 1.0.2 have been notified but not
>> all have been updated (or modified to skip SSL) so there will be some failing.
> 
> A small follow-up for this:  With the current minimum OpenSSL version being 1.1.0, we can remove an unconstify() call; see attached patch.

Nice catch.

> See this OpenSSL commit: <https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/8ab31975ba>.  The analogous LibreSSL change is here: <https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/lib/libcrypto/bio/bss_mem.c?rev=1.17&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup>.  

> I don't know if we have a concrete minimum LibreSSL version, but the change is about as old as the OpenSSL change.

We've never documented the minimum LibreSSL version we support, but given that
we regularly test LibreSSL and fix breakage in our support I think we should.

--
Daniel Gustafsson




Commits

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  1. Remove obsolete unconstify()

  2. Only perform pg_strong_random init when required

  3. Remove support for OpenSSL older than 1.1.0

  4. Support SSL_R_VERSION_TOO_LOW when using LibreSSL

  5. Support disallowing SSL renegotiation when using LibreSSL

  6. Doc: Use past tense for things which happened in the past

  7. Remove support for OpenSSL 1.0.1

  8. Remove support for OpenSSL 0.9.8 and 1.0.0