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@@ -252,10 +252,17 @@ su - postgres
<listitem>
<para>
- You need <application>Kerberos</>, <productname>OpenSSL</>,
- <productname>OpenLDAP</>, and/or
- <application>PAM</>, if you want to support authentication or
- encryption using those services.
+ You need <productname>OpenSSL</>, if you want to support
+ encrypted client connections. The minimum required version is
+ 0.9.8.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ You need <application>Kerberos</>, <productname>OpenLDAP</>,
+ and/or <application>PAM</>, if you want to support authentication
+ using those services.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -2827,30 +2834,6 @@ MANPATH=/usr/lib/scohelp/%L/man:/usr/dt/man:/usr/man:/usr/share/man:scohelp:/usr
</sect3>
<sect3>
- <title>Problems with OpenSSL</title>
-
- <para>
- When you build PostgreSQL with OpenSSL support you might get
- compilation errors in the following files:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para><filename>src/backend/libpq/crypt.c</filename></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><filename>src/backend/libpq/password.c</filename></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><filename>src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c</filename></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><filename>src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c</filename></para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- This is because of a namespace conflict between the standard
- <filename>/usr/include/crypt.h</filename> header and the header
- files provided by OpenSSL.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Upgrading your OpenSSL installation to version 0.9.6a fixes this
- problem. Solaris 9 and above has a newer version of OpenSSL.
- </para>
- </sect3>
-
- <sect3>
<title>configure Complains About a Failed Test Program</title>
<para>