Re: SSL problem in pgAdmin3 1.8.0 beta 5

On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 04:40:53PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
> > [CCing Magnus as this could be a problem - pgAdmin 1.8 fails to connect 
> > to an SSL server with a 'real' certificate]
> > 
> > Alejandro Gasca wrote:
> >> Well, i download the postgresql-8.2.4-1-binaries-no-installer.zip.
> >> the psql packed there connects without problem.
> > 
> > Well the main difference between those builds is that pgAdmin 1.8 uses a 
> > version of libpq.dll compiled with MSVC++ rather than mingw, and ships 
> > with OpenSSL 0.9.8.5 instead of 0.9.8.1 - which is a touch worrying.
> 
> OK, on further research it sounds like this might be problem:
> 
> http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#PROG2
> 
> To recap, the error reported was:
> 
> OPENSSL_Uplink(00914010,05): no OPENSSL_Applink.
> 
> The patch below adds the applink code to libpq. Alejandro; may I send
> you an updated libpq.dll to test?
> 
> Magnus; assuming this works, we should add it to the server as well I
> guess - src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c seem reasonable?

Yes. But we probably need an openssl version check as well, no? Won't it
break on older openssl libs otherwise?


//Magnus