[Pgpool-hackers] SSL Support?

[Tatsuo Ishii]

Hi Sean,

Welcome to pgpool world:-)

> Hi everyone, first post :)
> 
> Is anyone working on implementing SSL support in pgpool-II?

As far as I know, nobody is working on that.

> I'm working on a cloud-based project involving pgpool-II and postgres,
> and thus don't trust the network in between the pool node and the
> database nodes.  Currently we're working around this via a series of
> tubes and indirections (ssh tunnels, a meta-info database, and
> some customized recovery scripts, I get a headache just thinking
> about it!).  However, if we were to have SSL support all of that could
> go away.
> 
> If nobody is working on SSL support it's possible that we could put some
> time into implementing it (I see what looks like some starting points
> are already in the source), but I'd like to first make sure that any 
> patches would be accepted and that nobody is already working on this.

Yes, SSL support is one of the long awaited features. So if you could
work on that, we definitely welcome your contribution!
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan