On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 06:33:54PM +0100, Álvaro Herrera wrote: > On 2025-Oct-31, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Yes, we have been avoiding the masquerade for years. The question is > > can we continue. From the lack of discussion since April 1, 2025, it > > seems the answer is yes. > > Maybe, but I think the only reason for this is that some companies are > implementing it locally in their forks or whatever. I bet there are > many prospective customers that we (the open source Postgres project) > are not reaching because of lack of certifiability in this area. > > Can we continue to ignore it? My impression is that that strategy will > continue to work, perhaps indefinitely. Is it a good idea? Of that I > am not so sure.
Agreed. Just to state the obvious, I have never heard of any Postgres support company discouraging the community from implementing TDE. In fact, I have heard them strongly encourage it. -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.
