On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 00:06:43 -0500 Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 12:04:56PM +0100, Eduardo Morras wrote: > > My company is developing code for Postgresql for another company > > and want to communicate, debate and share the results with the > > community. > > > > The objetives are upgrade the network backend and frontend of > > Postgresql: > > > > a) Add support for LibreSSL in it 2 flavors, OpenSSL compatibility > > mode and own API, b) Add support for sctp protocol, > > c) Add support for dtls with LibreSSL, with udp/udplite and sctp > > datagrams, d) Add support to them in makefiles/configure and > > postgresql configuration. > > > > I have read the FAQ entry [1] and company contributions document > > [2] and as first step I had search Postgresql mailinglists for > > similar topics and found nothing. I think this is the second step, > > share the plan. If you need more information on any topic or has > > more ideas or howtos or.. reply mail. > > Thanks for sharing these goals, which was an ideal first step. I > think your next step is to pick a self-contained subset of those > goals to implement as a first project. Then, start a thread > describing a planned design for that particular subset. I recommend > starting either with support for the OpenSSL compatibility mode of > LibreSSL or with SCTP. Compile with OpenSSL compatibility mode of LibreSSL is a makefile change, not code. Under FreeBSD 10, it's a two line on port configuration and passes all postgresql tests. > When you send a design proposal for SCTP support, please explain why > a person should choose to reach PostgreSQL over SCTP in lieu of TCP. > The topic of SCTP support in PostgreSQL has never come up before. Oks, as a fast hack and preface, SCTP has a tcp compatibility code mode, changing the socket call to 'socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, and IPPROTO_SCTP)' in frontend and backend code, uses some of the sctp features (multihoming, 4way handshake) but not others (multistreaming, only one message per stream, like tcp). SCTP is in Linux 2.4+, FreeBSD7+ and other UNIX systems. Both patchhacks are easy, but I'm still fighting with autotools and studying postgresql developer howtos. > nm > -- --- --- Eduardo Morras <emorr...@yahoo.es> -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
