Re: Replace current implementations in crypt() and gen_salt() to OpenSSL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 10/29/24 05:57, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> On 26 Oct 2024, at 20:10, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> wrote:
> 
>> Rather than depend on figuring out if we are in FIPS_mode in a portable way, I think the GUC is simpler and
sufficient.Why not do that and just use a better name, e.g. legacy_crypto_enabled or something similar (bike-shedding
welcomed)as in the attached.
 
> 
> I'm not very enthusiastic about adding a GUC to match a system property like
> that for the same reason why we avoid GUCs with transitive dependencies.
> 
> Re-reading the thread and thinking about I think the best solution would be to
> split these functions off into their own extension.


Seems like that would be an issue for backward comparability and upgrades.

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