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Doc: add v10 release notes entries for the DH parameter changes.
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2017-07-31 [c0a15e07c] Always use 2048 bit DH parameters for OpenSSL ephemeral
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Add configuration option <xref linkend="guc-ssl-dh-params-file"> to
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specify filename for custom OpenSSL DH parameters (Heikki Linnakangas)
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This replaces the hardcoded, undocumented <filename>dh1024.pem</>
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filename. Note that <filename>dh1024.pem</> is no longer used by default;
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you must set the option to use custom DH parameters.
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<!--
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2017-07-31 [c0a15e07c] Always use 2048 bit DH parameters for OpenSSL ephemeral
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Increase the size of DH parameters used for OpenSSL ephemeral DH ciphers
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to 2048 bits (Heikki Linnakangas)
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The size of the compiled-in DH parameters has been increased from 1024
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to 2048 bits, making DH key exchange more resistent to a brute-force
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attack. However, some old SSL implementations, notably some revisions of
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Java Runtime Environment version 6, will not accept DH parameters longer
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than 1024 bits, and will not be able to connect over SSL. As a
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work-around, you can use custom 1024-bit DH parameters, instead of the
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compiled-in defaults. See <xref linkend="guc-ssl-dh-params-file"> for
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information on using custom DH parameters.
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2017-02-13 [7ada2d31f] Remove contrib/tsearch2.
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