Re: libpq 8.4 beta1: $PGHOST complains about missing root.crt

Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>> Patch also changes the default from "prefer" to "disable", per discussion.
>
> I confess to not having paid attention to this thread for awhile.
> I have to violently object to this conclusion --- it is throwing the
> baby out with the bathwater.  Under the pretense of being "secure by
> default" it will in fact make things *less* secure.  A minimum
> requirement in my view is that existing configurations should continue
> to work and be no less secure than before.  Having a connection that
> was encrypted in 8.3 silently become clear-text after installing 8.4
> is just plain NOT acceptable.
>
> I think the patch would be fine if we simply keep the default where
> it is, however.  Is there some point I am missing that compels
> selection of a less-secure default?

The current default *makes no sense*. Ever. Not just as a default.

However, I can see us having "allow" instead of "disable" as the
default. That is the most forgiving of all settings - it will work with
whatever you had configured before.

//Magnus