Re: libpq compression

Euler Taveira wrote:
> There was already some discussion about compressing libpq data
[1][2][3].
> Recently, I faced a scenario that would become less problematic if we
have had
> compression support. The scenario is frequent data load (aka COPY)
over
> slow/unstable links. It should be executed in a few hundreds of
PostgreSQL
> servers all over Brazil. Someone could argue that I could use ssh
tunnel to
> solve the problem but (i) it is complex because it involves a
different port
> in the firewall and (ii) it's an opportunity to improve other
scenarios like
> reducing bandwidth consumption during replication or normal operation
over
> slow/unstable links.

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but shouldn't a regular SSL
connection (sslmode=require) do what you are asking for?

At least from OpenSSL 0.9.8 on, data get compressed by default.
You don't need an extra port in the firewall for that.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe