Re: Disable OpenSSL compression

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-11-08T14:58:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> On 11/08/2011 09:34 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> There might be some argument for providing a client option to disable
>> compression, but it should not be forced, and it shouldn't even be the
>> default.  But before adding YA connection option, I'd want to see some
>> evidence that it's useful over non-local connections.

> I can certainly conceive of situations where one wants SSL on a high 
> speed/bandwidth network. I don't think we should assume that all or even 
> most real world SSL use will be across slow networks.

Even for that use-case, I don't believe that testing on a local loopback
connection should be considered representative.

			regards, tom lane