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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition
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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition

by Simon Riggs, Gianni Ciolli
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
576 pages
30h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
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Setting up a client to use SSL

The behavior of the client application regarding SSL is controlled by an environment variable, PGSSLMODE. This can have the following values, as defined in the official PostgreSQL documentation:

SSL mode Eavesdropping protection MITM protection Statement
disabled No No I don't care about security, and I don't want to pay the overhead of encryption.
allow Maybe No I don't care about security, but I will pay the overhead of encryption if the server insists on it.
prefer Maybe No I don't care about encryption, but I wish to pay the overhead of encryption if the server supports it.
require Yes No I want my data to be encrypted, and I accept the overhead. I trust that the network will ensure that I always ...
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ISBN: 9781788474924Supplemental Content