Re: [Dovecot] SSL + compression?

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Back to the original question - discount SSH - how do we get compression + SSL out of openssl..

I don't think it's possible. OpenSSL says, in the NOTES section of SSL_COMP_add_compression_method(3):

    The TLS standard (or SSLv3) allows the integration of
    compression methods into the communication. The TLS RFC does
    however not specify compression methods or their corresponding
    identifiers, so there is currently no compatible way to
    integrate compression with unknown peers. It is therefore
    currently not recommended to integrate compression into
    applications. Applications for non-public use may agree on
    certain compression methods. Using different compression methods
    with the same identifier will lead to connection failure.

However, there is http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tls-compression, but openssl doesn't support that (only zlib and rle)

johannes