doc: Document that ssl_ciphers does not affect TLS 1.3

petere · petere · commit 807dbce4b668 · 2020-07-23T20:38:45.000+02:00
TLS 1.3 uses a different way of specifying ciphers and a different
OpenSSL API.  PostgreSQL currently does not support setting those
ciphers.  For now, just document this.  In the future, support for
this might be added somehow.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan S. Katz &lt;jkatz@postgresql.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane &lt;tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us&gt;
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1178,16 +1178,22 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
       </term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Specifies a list of <acronym>SSL</acronym> cipher suites that are allowed to be
-        used on secure connections.  See
-        the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ciphers</refentrytitle></citerefentry> manual page
-        in the <application>OpenSSL</application> package for the syntax of this setting
-        and a list of supported values.
-        This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>
-        file or on the server command line.
-        The default value is <literal>HIGH:MEDIUM:+3DES:!aNULL</literal>.  The
-        default is usually a reasonable choice unless you have specific
-        security requirements.
+        Specifies a list of <acronym>SSL</acronym> cipher suites that are
+        allowed to be used by SSL connections.  See the
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ciphers</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
+        manual page in the <application>OpenSSL</application> package for the
+        syntax of this setting and a list of supported values.  Only
+        connections using TLS version 1.2 and lower are affected.  There is
+        currently no setting that controls the cipher choices used by TLS
+        version 1.3 connections.  The default value is
+        <literal>HIGH:MEDIUM:+3DES:!aNULL</literal>.  The default is usually a
+        reasonable choice unless you have specific security requirements.
+       </para>
+
+       <para>
+        This parameter can only be set in the
+        <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> file or on the server command
+        line.
        </para>
 
        <para>
