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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 39 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml | 18 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index a9968756e65..14a6d57aeaf 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -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> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index 2f9350b10e1..4e34f00e44d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1238,8 +1238,7 @@ postgresql://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fpostgresql/dbname <listitem> <para> If set to 1 (default), data sent over SSL connections will be - compressed (this requires <productname>OpenSSL</> version - 0.9.8 or later). + compressed. If set to 0, compression will be disabled (this requires <productname>OpenSSL</> 1.0.0 or later). This parameter is ignored if a connection without SSL is made, diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml index c4cefde4f78..bf514aacf35 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml @@ -1184,12 +1184,12 @@ gen_random_uuid() returns uuid <row> <entry>SHA224/256/384/512</entry> <entry>yes</entry> - <entry>yes (Note 1)</entry> + <entry>yes</entry> </row> <row> <entry>Other digest algorithms</entry> <entry>no</entry> - <entry>yes (Note 2)</entry> + <entry>yes (Note 1)</entry> </row> <row> <entry>Blowfish</entry> @@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ gen_random_uuid() returns uuid <row> <entry>AES</entry> <entry>yes</entry> - <entry>yes (Note 3)</entry> + <entry>yes</entry> </row> <row> <entry>DES/3DES/CAST5</entry> @@ -1232,23 +1232,11 @@ gen_random_uuid() returns uuid <orderedlist> <listitem> <para> - SHA2 algorithms were added to OpenSSL in version 0.9.8. For - older versions, <filename>pgcrypto</> will use built-in code. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> Any digest algorithm OpenSSL supports is automatically picked up. This is not possible with ciphers, which need to be supported explicitly. </para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - AES is included in OpenSSL since version 0.9.7. For - older versions, <filename>pgcrypto</> will use built-in code. - </para> - </listitem> </orderedlist> </sect3> |