> On 24 Jun 2020, at 10:46, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote:

> It might also be worth noting that it's not really "any protocol version", it 
> means it will be "whatever the openssl configuration says", I think? For 
> example, debian buster sets:
> 
> [system_default_sect]
> MinProtocol = TLSv1.2
> 
> Which I believe means that if your libpq app is running on debian buster, it 
> will be min v1.2 already

Correct, that being said I'm not sure how common it is for distributions to set
a default protocol version.  The macOS versions I have handy doesn't enforce a
default version, nor does Ubuntu 20.04, FreeBSD 12 or OpenBSD 6.5 AFAICT.

> (and it would likely be more useful to use ssl_min_protocol_version to 
> *lower* that when connecting to older servers).

That is indeed one use-case for the connection parameter.

cheers ./daniel

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