Re: Allow ssl_renegotiation_limit in PG 9.5

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2015-10-14 18:53:14 +0300, Shay Rojansky wrote:
>> However, the new situation where some versions of PG allow this parameter
>> while others bomb when seeing it. Specifically, Npgsql sends
>> ssl_renegotiation_limit=0 in the startup packet to completely disable
>> renegotiation. At this early stage it doesn't know yet whether the database
>> it's connecting to is PG 9.5 or earlier.

> I find it a rather debatable practice to send such a parameter
> unconditionally. Why are you sending it before the connection has even
> been established?

It doesn't seem to me that a connector such as npgsql has any business
whatsoever fooling with such a parameter, unconditionally or otherwise.
        regards, tom lane