[Bizgres-general] OpenSSL support in Bizgres 0.7

Jim C. Nasby jnasby at pervasive.com
Fri Aug 19 18:08:29 GMT 2005


On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 09:53:30AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> > Is there any particular reason that SSL support isn't enabled in ?
> > Bizgres 0.7?
> 
> Mostly, I think, because we didn't think there's be much demand for encrypted 
> connections to a data warehouse.   We've even had requests from some users to 
> make the database world-connectable by default, something we're discussing.

Sounds like not such a hot idea, IMO. Part of what makes PostgreSQL
attractive is it's attention to security. Granted, Bizgres is targeting
a slightly different audience, but still...
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Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant      jnasby at pervasive.com
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