Re: Disable OpenSSL compression

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> On 11/08/2011 09:34 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> There might be some argument for providing a client option to disable
>>> compression, but it should not be forced, and it shouldn't even be the
>>> default.  But before adding YA connection option, I'd want to see some
>>> evidence that it's useful over non-local connections.
>
>> I can certainly conceive of situations where one wants SSL on a high
>> speed/bandwidth network. I don't think we should assume that all or even
>> most real world SSL use will be across slow networks.
>
> Even for that use-case, I don't believe that testing on a local loopback
> connection should be considered representative.

Probably not, but I think we ought to provide the option to disable
compression for those who want to do that.  I also agree with you that
we should leave the default as-is.

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