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Re: Direct SSL connection with ALPN and HBA rules

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
Cc: Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-04-29T12:07:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 12:43:18PM +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> If a caller wants to distinguish between "libpq or the SSL library doesn't
> support ALPN at all" from "the server didn't support ALPN", you can tell
> from whether PQsslAttribute returns NULL or an empty string. So I think an
> empty string is better.

Thanks.  I would also have used an empty string to differenciate these
two cases.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Remove option to fall back from direct to postgres SSL negotiation

  2. Reject SSL connection if ALPN is used but there's no common protocol

  3. libpq: Enforce ALPN in direct SSL connections

  4. libpq: If ALPN is not used, make PQsslAttribute(conn, "alpn") == ""

  5. Fix documentation and comments on what happens after GSS rejection

  6. doc: Add note to prevent server spoofing with SCRAM