On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:57 PM, oleg yusim <olegyusim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Say, I got network package. The package was decrypted by OpenSSL. Where this
> data are, physically, at this moment?
Process-local memory for the PostgreSQL backend process associated
with the database connection.
> Opposite situation: we are about to send results of SELECT statement over
> the OpenSSL tunnel. Where are the data, physically, between the moment DB
> engine returned results for my query and moment the package was encrypted by
> OpenSSL?
Process-local memory for the PostgreSQL backend process associated
with the database connection.
In other words (?) while OpenSSL may be a separate project the method of its use involves loading all relevant code into the process space
of PostgreSQL - specifically the process that was forked when the SSL client connection was established.
David J.
