On 11/12/2020 16:46, Lukas Meisegeier wrote:
Hey Heikki,

thanks for providing feedback :)
The traffic between proxy and psql-server is unencrypted thats why I
don't need to patch the server.

Ok.

I tried returning a fixed response on the first plain SSLRequest
forwarding it to a psql-server with ssl enabled an tried to switch then
on the ssl connection startup but that didn't work out. I guess its
because the psql-server won't accept an ssl connection if its not
requested via SSLRequest.

Your proxy could receive the client's SSLRequest message, and respond with a single byte 'S'. You don't need to forward that to the real PostgreSQL server, since the connection to the PostgreSQL server is unencrypted. Then perform the TLS handshake, and forward all traffic to the real server only after that.

Client: -> SSLRequest
 Proxy: <- 'S'
Client: -> TLS ClientHello
 Proxy: [finish TLS handshake]

- Heikki


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