On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 12:41 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > Understood. Is the periodic renegotiation of keys something that would > > interfere with the performance or robustness of replication? Is the > > delay likely to effect sync rep? I'm just checking we've thought about > > it. > > It will certainly add an extra piece of delay. But if you are worried > about performance for it, you are likely not running SSL. Plus, if you > don't renegotiate the key, you gamble with security. > > If it does have a negative effect on the robustness of the replication, > we should just recommend against using it - or refuse to use - not > disable renegotiation.
I didn't mean to imply renegotiation might optional. I just wanted to check whether there is anything to worry about as a result of it, there may not be. *If* it took a long time, I would not want sync commits to wait for it. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
