Re: Enquiry about TDE with PgSQL

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>, Kai Wagner <kai.wagner@percona.com>, Chris Travers <chris.travers@gmail.com>, Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com>, "Clay Jackson (cjackson)" <Clay.Jackson@quest.com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>, Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
Date: 2025-11-08T03:25:41Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Mon, Nov  3, 2025 at 09:23:33PM -0800, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 11/3/25 18:05, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov  3, 2025 at 07:42:06PM +0100, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2025-11-03 at 11:56 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > The problem with the Percona extension is it seems like it was developed
> > > > mostly/all by Percona employees, meaning development was driven/steered
> > > > by Percona, and there was insufficient feedback from the community for
> > > > it to be polished enough to be a general community solution.
> 
> > 
> > Uh, people will say that if the solution is not 100% secure in its
> > coverage, it is much less useful and therefore not worth it.
> > 
> 
> In a different realm you have been there before and it worked out:
> 
> https://momjian.us/main/blogs/pgblog/2010.html#May_12_2010

Yes, pg_upgrade was a hard one too, and it took a long time be accepted,
so there is hope.

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