diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index 883c267..585e062 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ HAS_SPDY=false
 HAS_FALLBACK_SCSV=false
 HAS_PROXY=false
 HAS_XMPP=false
+HAS_POSTGRES=false
 ADD_RFC_STR="rfc"                       # display RFC ciphernames
 PORT=443                                # unless otherwise auto-determined, see below
 NODE=""
@@ -6227,6 +6228,16 @@ starttls_nntp_dialog() {
      return $ret
 }
 
+starttls_postgres_dialog() {
+     debugme echo "=== starting postgres STARTTLS dialog ==="
+     local reINITTLS="\x00\x00\x00\x08\x04\xD2\x16\x2F"
+     starttls_just_send "${reINITTLS}"                     && debugme echo "initiated STARTTLS" &&
+     starttls_full_read '' '' 'S'                          && debugme echo "received ack for STARTTLS"
+     local ret=$?
+     debugme echo "=== finished postgres STARTTLS dialog with ${ret} ==="
+     return $ret
+}
+
 # arg for a fd doesn't work here
 fd_socket() {
      local jabber=""
@@ -6301,6 +6312,9 @@ EOF
                     starttls_line "<starttls xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-tls'/>" "proceed"
                     # BTW: https://xmpp.net !
                     ;;
+               postgres|postgress) # Postgres SQL, see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/protocol-message-formats.html
+                    starttls_postgres_dialog
+                    ;;
                *) # we need to throw an error here -- otherwise testssl.sh treats the STARTTLS protocol as plain SSL/TLS which leads to FP
                     fatal "FIXME: STARTTLS protocol $STARTTLS_PROTOCOL is not yet supported" -4
           esac
@@ -6476,14 +6490,17 @@ parse_sslv2_serverhello() {
      # [cipher spec length] ==> ciphers GOOD: HERE ARE ALL CIPHERS ALREADY!
 
      local ret=3
+     local parse_complete="false"
+
      if [[ "$2" == "true" ]]; then
-          echo "======================================" > $TMPFILE
+          parse_complete=true
      fi
+     "$parse_complete" && echo "======================================" > $TMPFILE
 
      v2_hello_ascii=$(hexdump -v -e '16/1 "%02X"' $1)
      [[ "$DEBUG" -ge 5 ]] && echo "$v2_hello_ascii"
      if [[ -z "$v2_hello_ascii" ]]; then
-          ret=0                                        # 1 line without any blanks: no server hello received
+          ret=0                                      # 1 line without any blanks: no server hello received
           debugme echo "server hello empty"
      else
           # now scrape two bytes out of the reply per byte
@@ -6514,20 +6531,22 @@ parse_sslv2_serverhello() {
           fi
      fi
 
-     certificate_len=2*$(hex2dec "$v2_hello_cert_length")
-     [[ -e $HOSTCERT ]] && rm $HOSTCERT
-     [[ -e $TEMPDIR/intermediatecerts.pem ]] && rm $TEMPDIR/intermediatecerts.pem
-     if [[ "$2" == "true" ]] && [[ "$v2_cert_type" == "01" ]] && [[ "$v2_hello_cert_length" != "00" ]]; then
-          tmp_der_certfile=$(mktemp $TEMPDIR/der_cert.XXXXXX) || return $ret
-          asciihex_to_binary_file "${v2_hello_ascii:26:certificate_len}" "$tmp_der_certfile"
-          $OPENSSL x509 -inform DER -in $tmp_der_certfile -outform PEM -out $HOSTCERT
-          rm $tmp_der_certfile
-          get_pub_key_size
-          echo "======================================" >> $TMPFILE
-     fi
+     "$parse_complete" || return $ret
 
-     # Output list of supported ciphers
-     if [[ "$2" == "true" ]]; then
+     rm -f $HOSTCERT $TEMPDIR/intermediatecerts.pem
+     if [[ $ret -eq 3 ]]; then
+          certificate_len=2*$(hex2dec "$v2_hello_cert_length")
+     
+          if [[ "$v2_cert_type" == "01" ]] && [[ "$v2_hello_cert_length" != "00" ]]; then
+               tmp_der_certfile=$(mktemp $TEMPDIR/der_cert.XXXXXX) || return $ret
+               asciihex_to_binary_file "${v2_hello_ascii:26:certificate_len}" "$tmp_der_certfile"
+               $OPENSSL x509 -inform DER -in $tmp_der_certfile -outform PEM -out $HOSTCERT
+               rm $tmp_der_certfile
+               get_pub_key_size
+               echo "======================================" >> $TMPFILE
+          fi
+
+          # Output list of supported ciphers
           let offset=26+$certificate_len
           nr_ciphers_detected=$((V2_HELLO_CIPHERSPEC_LENGTH / 3))
           for (( i=0 ; i<nr_ciphers_detected; i++ )); do
@@ -8991,16 +9010,23 @@ run_lucky13() {
 # http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/03/attack-of-week-rc4-is-kind-of-broken-in.html
 run_rc4() {
      local -i rc4_offered=0
-     local -i sclient_success
-     local hexcode dash rc4_cipher sslvers kx auth enc mac export
-     local rc4_ciphers_list="ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-RC4-SHA:DHE-DSS-RC4-SHA:AECDH-RC4-SHA:ADH-RC4-MD5:ECDH-RSA-RC4-SHA:ECDH-ECDSA-RC4-SHA:RC4-SHA:RC4-MD5:RC4-MD5:RSA-PSK-RC4-SHA:PSK-RC4-SHA:KRB5-RC4-SHA:KRB5-RC4-MD5:RC4-64-MD5:EXP1024-DHE-DSS-RC4-SHA:EXP1024-RC4-SHA:EXP-ADH-RC4-MD5:EXP-RC4-MD5:EXP-RC4-MD5:EXP-KRB5-RC4-SHA:EXP-KRB5-RC4-MD5"
-     local rc4_ssl2_ciphers_list="RC4-MD5:RC4-64-MD5:EXP-RC4-MD5"
-     local rc4_detected=""
-     local available=""
+     local -i nr_ciphers=0 nr_ossl_ciphers=0 nr_nonossl_ciphers=0 ret
+     local n auth mac export hexc sslv2_ciphers_hex="" sslv2_ciphers_ossl="" s
+     local -a normalized_hexcode hexcode ciph sslvers kx enc export2 sigalg ossl_supported
+     local -i i
+     local -a ciphers_found ciphers_found2 hexcode2 ciph2 sslvers2 rfc_ciph2
+     local -i -a index
+     local dhlen available="" ciphers_to_test supported_sslv2_ciphers addcmd=""
+     local has_dh_bits="$HAS_DH_BITS" rc4_detected=""
+     local using_sockets=true
      local cve="CVE-2013-2566, CVE-2015-2808"
      local cwe="CWE-310"
      local hint=""
 
+     "$SSL_NATIVE" && using_sockets=false
+     "$FAST" && using_sockets=false
+     [[ $TLS_NR_CIPHERS == 0 ]] && using_sockets=false
+
      if [[ $VULN_COUNT -le $VULN_THRESHLD ]]; then
           outln
           pr_headlineln " Checking for vulnerable RC4 Ciphers "
@@ -9010,62 +9036,215 @@ run_rc4() {
      fi
      pr_bold " RC4"; out " ($cve)        "
 
-     $OPENSSL s_client -cipher $rc4_ciphers_list $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY $SNI >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
-     sclient_connect_successful $? $TMPFILE
-     sclient_success=$?
-     if $HAS_SSL2 && [[ $sclient_success -ne 0 ]]; then
-          $OPENSSL s_client -cipher $rc4_ssl2_ciphers_list $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY -ssl2 >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
-          sclient_connect_successful $? $TMPFILE
-          sclient_success=$?
+     # get a list of all the cipher suites to test
+     if "$using_sockets" || [[ $OSSL_VER_MAJOR -lt 1 ]]; then
+          for (( i=0; i < TLS_NR_CIPHERS; i++ )); do
+               if [[ "${TLS_CIPHER_RFC_NAME[i]}" =~ "RC4" ]] && ( "$using_sockets" || "${TLS_CIPHER_OSSL_SUPPORTED[i]}" ); then
+                    hexc="$(tolower "${TLS_CIPHER_HEXCODE[i]}")"
+                    ciph[nr_ciphers]="${TLS_CIPHER_OSSL_NAME[i]}"
+                    rfc_ciph[nr_ciphers]="${TLS_CIPHER_RFC_NAME[i]}"
+                    sslvers[nr_ciphers]="${TLS_CIPHER_SSLVERS[i]}"
+                    kx[nr_ciphers]="${TLS_CIPHER_KX[i]}"
+                    enc[nr_ciphers]="${TLS_CIPHER_ENC[i]}"
+                    export2[nr_ciphers]="${TLS_CIPHER_EXPORT[i]}"
+                    ciphers_found[nr_ciphers]=false
+                    sigalg[nr_ciphers]=""
+                    ossl_supported[nr_ciphers]="${TLS_CIPHER_OSSL_SUPPORTED[i]}"
+                    if "$using_sockets" && "$WIDE" && ! "$HAS_DH_BITS" && 
+                       ( [[ ${kx[nr_ciphers]} == "Kx=ECDH" ]] || [[ ${kx[nr_ciphers]} == "Kx=DH" ]] || [[ ${kx[nr_ciphers]} == "Kx=EDH" ]] ); then
+                         ossl_supported[nr_ciphers]=false
+                    fi
+                    if [[ ${#hexc} -eq 9 ]]; then
+                         hexcode[nr_ciphers]="${hexc:2:2},${hexc:7:2}"
+                         if [[ "${hexc:2:2}" == "00" ]]; then
+                              normalized_hexcode[nr_ciphers]="x${hexc:7:2}"
+                         else
+                              normalized_hexcode[nr_ciphers]="x${hexc:2:2}${hexc:7:2}"
+                         fi
+                    else
+                         hexcode[nr_ciphers]="${hexc:2:2},${hexc:7:2},${hexc:12:2}"
+                         normalized_hexcode[nr_ciphers]="x${hexc:2:2}${hexc:7:2}${hexc:12:2}"
+                         sslv2_ciphers_hex+=", ${hexcode[nr_ciphers]}"
+                         sslv2_ciphers_ossl+=":${ciph[nr_ciphers]}"
+                    fi
+                    nr_ciphers+=1
+               fi
+          done
+     else
+          while read hexc n ciph[nr_ciphers] sslvers[nr_ciphers] kx[nr_ciphers] auth enc[nr_ciphers] mac export2[nr_ciphers]; do
+               if [[ "${ciph[nr_ciphers]}" =~ "RC4" ]]; then
+                    ciphers_found[nr_ciphers]=false
+                    if [[ ${#hexc} -eq 9 ]]; then
+                         if [[ "${hexc:2:2}" == "00" ]]; then
+                              normalized_hexcode[nr_ciphers]="$(tolower "x${hexc:7:2}")"
+                         else
+                              normalized_hexcode[nr_ciphers]="$(tolower "x${hexc:2:2}${hexc:7:2}")"
+                         fi
+                    else
+                         normalized_hexcode[nr_ciphers]="$(tolower "x${hexc:2:2}${hexc:7:2}${hexc:12:2}")"
+                         sslv2_ciphers_ossl+=":${ciph[nr_ciphers]}"
+                    fi
+                    sigalg[nr_ciphers]=""
+                    ossl_supported[nr_ciphers]=true
+                    nr_ciphers+=1
+               fi
+          done < <($OPENSSL ciphers -V 'ALL:COMPLEMENTOFALL:@STRENGTH' 2>>$ERRFILE)
      fi
-     if [[ $sclient_success -eq  0 ]]; then
+
+     if "$using_sockets" && [[ -n "$sslv2_ciphers_hex" ]]; then
+          sslv2_sockets "${sslv2_ciphers_hex:2}" "true"
+          if [[ $? -eq 3 ]] && [[ "$V2_HELLO_CIPHERSPEC_LENGTH" -ne 0 ]]; then
+               supported_sslv2_ciphers="$(grep "Supported cipher: " "$TEMPDIR/$NODEIP.parse_sslv2_serverhello.txt")"
+               "$WIDE" && "$SHOW_SIGALGO" && s="$($OPENSSL x509 -noout -text -in "$HOSTCERT" | awk -F':' '/Signature Algorithm/ { print $2 }' | head -1)"
+               for (( i=0 ; i<nr_ciphers; i++ )); do
+                    if [[ "${sslvers[i]}" == "SSLv2" ]] && [[ "$supported_sslv2_ciphers" =~ "${normalized_hexcode[i]}" ]]; then
+                         ciphers_found[i]=true
+                         "$WIDE" && "$SHOW_SIGALGO" && sigalg[i]="$s"
+                         rc4_offered=1
+                    fi
+               done
+          fi
+     elif "$HAS_SSL2" && [[ -n "$sslv2_ciphers_ossl" ]]; then
+          $OPENSSL s_client -cipher "${sslv2_ciphers_ossl:1}" $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY -ssl2 >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
+          sclient_connect_successful "$?" "$TMPFILE"
+          if [[ "$?" -eq 0 ]]; then
+               supported_sslv2_ciphers="$(grep -A 4 "Ciphers common between both SSL endpoints:" $TMPFILE)"
+               "$WIDE" && "$SHOW_SIGALGO" && s="$($OPENSSL x509 -noout -text -in $TMPFILE | awk -F':' '/Signature Algorithm/ { print $2 }' | head -1)"
+               for (( i=0 ; i<nr_ciphers; i++ )); do
+                    if [[ "${sslvers[i]}" == "SSLv2" ]] && [[ "$supported_sslv2_ciphers" =~ "${ciph[i]}" ]]; then
+                         ciphers_found[i]=true
+                         "$WIDE" && "$SHOW_SIGALGO" && sigalg[i]="$s"
+                         rc4_offered=1
+                    fi
+               done
+          fi
+     fi
+
+     for (( i=0; i < nr_ciphers; i++ )); do
+          if "${ossl_supported[i]}" && [[ "${sslvers[i]}" != "SSLv2" ]]; then
+               ciphers_found2[nr_ossl_ciphers]=false
+               sslvers2[nr_ossl_ciphers]="${sslvers[i]}"
+               ciph2[nr_ossl_ciphers]="${ciph[i]}"
+               index[nr_ossl_ciphers]=$i
+               nr_ossl_ciphers+=1
+          fi
+     done
+
+     "$HAS_NO_SSL2" && addcmd="-no_ssl2"
+     for (( success=0; success==0 ; 1 )); do
+          ciphers_to_test=""
+          for (( i=0; i < nr_ossl_ciphers; i++ )); do
+               ! "${ciphers_found2[i]}" && ciphers_to_test+=":${ciph2[i]}"
+          done
+          success=1
+          if [[ -n "$ciphers_to_test" ]]; then
+               $OPENSSL s_client $addcmd -cipher "${ciphers_to_test:1}" $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY $SNI >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
+               sclient_connect_successful "$?" "$TMPFILE"
+               if [[ "$?" -eq 0 ]]; then
+                    cipher=$(awk '/Cipher *:/ { print $3 }' $TMPFILE)
+                    if [[ -n "$cipher" ]]; then
+                         success=0
+                         rc4_offered=1
+                         for (( i=0; i < nr_ossl_ciphers; i++ )); do
+                              [[ "$cipher" == "${ciph2[i]}" ]] && ciphers_found2[i]=true && break
+                         done
+                         i=${index[i]}
+                         ciphers_found[i]=true
+                         if "$WIDE" && ( [[ ${kx[i]} == "Kx=ECDH" ]] || [[ ${kx[i]} == "Kx=DH" ]] || [[ ${kx[i]} == "Kx=EDH" ]] ); then
+                              dhlen=$(read_dhbits_from_file "$TMPFILE" quiet)
+                              kx[i]="${kx[i]} $dhlen"
+                         fi
+                         "$WIDE" && "$SHOW_SIGALGO" && grep -q "\-\-\-\-\-BEGIN CERTIFICATE\-\-\-\-\-" $TMPFILE && \
+                              sigalg[i]="$($OPENSSL x509 -noout -text -in $TMPFILE | awk -F':' '/Signature Algorithm/ { print $2 }' | head -1)"
+                    fi
+               fi
+          fi
+     done
+
+     if "$using_sockets"; then
+          for (( i=0; i < nr_ciphers; i++ )); do
+               if ! "${ciphers_found[i]}" && [[ "${sslvers[i]}" != "SSLv2" ]]; then
+                    ciphers_found2[nr_nonossl_ciphers]=false
+                    sslvers2[nr_nonossl_ciphers]="${sslvers[i]}"
+                    hexcode2[nr_nonossl_ciphers]="${hexcode[i]}"
+                    rfc_ciph2[nr_nonossl_ciphers]="${rfc_ciph[i]}"
+                    index[nr_nonossl_ciphers]=$i
+                    nr_nonossl_ciphers+=1
+               fi
+          done
+     fi
+
+     for (( success=0; success==0 ; 1 )); do
+          ciphers_to_test=""
+          for (( i=0; i < nr_nonossl_ciphers; i++ )); do
+               ! "${ciphers_found2[i]}" && ciphers_to_test+=", ${hexcode2[i]}"
+          done
+          success=1
+          if [[ -n "$ciphers_to_test" ]]; then
+               if "$WIDE" && "$SHOW_SIGALGO"; then
+                    tls_sockets "03" "${ciphers_to_test:2}, 00,ff" "all"
+               else
+                    tls_sockets "03" "${ciphers_to_test:2}, 00,ff" "ephemeralkey"
+               fi
+               ret=$?
+               if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]] || [[ $ret -eq 2 ]]; then
+                    success=0
+                    rc4_offered=1
+                    cipher=$(awk '/Cipher *:/ { print $3 }' "$TEMPDIR/$NODEIP.parse_tls_serverhello.txt")
+                    for (( i=0; i < nr_nonossl_ciphers; i++ )); do
+                         [[ "$cipher" == "${rfc_ciph2[i]}" ]] && ciphers_found2[i]=true && break
+                    done
+                    i=${index[i]}
+                    ciphers_found[i]=true
+                    if "$WIDE" && ( [[ ${kx[i]} == "Kx=ECDH" ]] || [[ ${kx[i]} == "Kx=DH" ]] || [[ ${kx[i]} == "Kx=EDH" ]] ); then
+                         dhlen=$(read_dhbits_from_file "$TEMPDIR/$NODEIP.parse_tls_serverhello.txt" quiet)
+                         kx[i]="${kx[i]} $dhlen"
+                    fi
+                    "$WIDE" && "$SHOW_SIGALGO" && [[ -r "$HOSTCERT" ]] && \
+                         sigalg[i]="$($OPENSSL x509 -noout -text -in "$HOSTCERT" | awk -F':' '/Signature Algorithm/ { print $2 }' | head -1)"
+               fi
+          fi
+     done
+
+     if [[ $rc4_offered -eq 1 ]]; then
           "$WIDE" || pr_svrty_high "VULNERABLE (NOT ok): "
-          rc4_offered=1
           if "$WIDE"; then
                outln "\n"
                neat_header
           fi
-          while read hexcode dash rc4_cipher sslvers kx auth enc mac; do
-               if [[ "$sslvers" == "SSLv2" ]]; then
-                    $OPENSSL s_client -cipher $rc4_cipher $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY -ssl2 </dev/null >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE
-               else
-                    $OPENSSL s_client -cipher $rc4_cipher $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY $SNI </dev/null >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE
-               fi
-               sclient_connect_successful $? $TMPFILE
-               sclient_success=$?            # here we may have a fp with openssl < 1.0, TBC
-               if [[ $sclient_success -ne 0 ]] && ! "$SHOW_EACH_C"; then
+          for (( i=0 ; i<nr_ciphers; i++ )); do
+               if ! "${ciphers_found[i]}" && ! "$SHOW_EACH_C"; then
                     continue                 # no successful connect AND not verbose displaying each cipher
                fi
                if "$WIDE"; then
                     #FIXME: JSON+CSV in wide mode is missing
-                    normalize_ciphercode "$hexcode"
-                    neat_list "$HEXC" "$rc4_cipher" "$kx" "$enc"
+                    neat_list "${normalized_hexcode[i]}" "${ciph[i]}" "${kx[i]}" "${enc[i]}"
                     if "$SHOW_EACH_C"; then
-                         if [[ $sclient_success -eq 0 ]]; then
+                         if "${ciphers_found[i]}"; then
                               pr_svrty_high "available"
                          else
                               out "not a/v"
                          fi
-                    else
-                         rc4_offered=1
-                         out
                     fi
-                    outln
-               else
-                    [[ $sclient_success -eq 0 ]] && pr_svrty_high "$rc4_cipher "
+                    outln "${sigalg[i]}"
+               elif "${ciphers_found[i]}"; then
+                    pr_svrty_high "${ciph[i]} "
                fi
-               [[ $sclient_success -eq 0 ]] && rc4_detected+="$rc4_cipher "
-          done < <($OPENSSL ciphers -V $rc4_ciphers_list:@STRENGTH)
+               "${ciphers_found[i]}" && rc4_detected+="${ciph[i]} "
+          done
           outln
           "$WIDE" && pr_svrty_high "VULNERABLE (NOT ok)"
           fileout "rc4" "HIGH" "RC4: VULNERABLE, Detected ciphers: $rc4_detected" "$cve" "$cwe" "$hint"
+     elif [[ $nr_ciphers -eq 0 ]]; then
+          local_problem_ln "No RC4 Ciphers configured in $OPENSSL"
+          fileout "rc4" "WARN" "RC4 ciphers not supported by local OpenSSL ($OPENSSL)"
      else
           pr_done_goodln "no RC4 ciphers detected (OK)"
           fileout "rc4" "OK" "RC4: not vulnerable" "$cve" "$cwe"
-          rc4_offered=0
      fi
      outln
 
+     "$using_sockets" && HAS_DH_BITS="$has_dh_bits"
      tmpfile_handle $FUNCNAME.txt
      return $rc4_offered
 }
@@ -9155,6 +9334,7 @@ test_openssl_suffix() {
 
 find_openssl_binary() {
      local s_client_has=$TEMPDIR/s_client_has.txt
+     local s_client_starttls_has=$TEMPDIR/s_client_starttls_has.txt
 
      # 0. check environment variable whether it's executable
      if [[ -n "$OPENSSL" ]] && [[ ! -x "$OPENSSL" ]]; then
@@ -9211,6 +9391,8 @@ find_openssl_binary() {
 
      $OPENSSL s_client -help 2>$s_client_has
 
+     $OPENSSL s_client -starttls foo 2>$s_client_starttls_has
+
      grep -qw '\-alpn' $s_client_has && \
           HAS_ALPN=true
 
@@ -9226,6 +9408,9 @@ find_openssl_binary() {
      grep -q '\-xmpp' $s_client_has && \
           HAS_XMPP=true
 
+     grep -q 'postgres' $s_client_starttls_has && \
+          HAS_POSTGRES=true
+
      if [[ "$OPENSSL_TIMEOUT" != "" ]]; then
           if which timeout >&2 2>/dev/null ; then
                # there are different "timeout". Check whether --preserve-status is supported
@@ -9307,7 +9492,7 @@ help() {
 "$PROG_NAME <options> URI", where <options> is:
 
      -t, --starttls <protocol>     does a default run against a STARTTLS enabled <protocol, 
-                                   protocol is <ftp|smtp|pop3|imap|xmpp|telnet|ldap> (latter two require supplied openssl)
+                                   protocol is <ftp|smtp|pop3|imap|xmpp|telnet|ldap|postgres> (latter three require supplied openssl)
      --xmpphost <to_domain>        for STARTTLS enabled XMPP it supplies the XML stream to-'' domain -- sometimes needed
      --mx <domain/host>            tests MX records from high to low priority (STARTTLS, port 25)
      --file <fname>                mass testing option: Reads command lines from <fname>, one line per instance.
@@ -9405,7 +9590,7 @@ maketempf() {
 }
 
 prepare_debug() {
-     local hexc ossl_ciph ossl_supported_tls="" ossl_supported_sslv2=""
+     local hexc mac ossl_ciph ossl_supported_tls="" ossl_supported_sslv2=""
      if [[ $DEBUG -ne 0 ]]; then
           cat >$TEMPDIR/environment.txt << EOF
 
@@ -9440,6 +9625,7 @@ HAS_ALPN: $HAS_ALPN
 HAS_FALLBACK_SCSV: $HAS_FALLBACK_SCSV
 HAS_PROXY: $HAS_PROXY
 HAS_XMPP: $HAS_XMPP
+HAS_POSTGRES: $HAS_POSTGRES
 
 PATH: $PATH
 PROG_NAME: $PROG_NAME
@@ -9484,7 +9670,7 @@ EOF
      if [[ -e $CIPHERS_BY_STRENGTH_FILE ]]; then
           "$HAS_SSL2" && ossl_supported_sslv2="$($OPENSSL ciphers -ssl2 -V 'ALL:COMPLEMENTOFALL:@STRENGTH' 2>$ERRFILE)"
           ossl_supported_tls="$($OPENSSL ciphers -tls1 -V 'ALL:COMPLEMENTOFALL:@STRENGTH' 2>$ERRFILE)"
-          while read hexc n TLS_CIPHER_OSSL_NAME[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_RFC_NAME[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_SSLVERS[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_KX[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_AUTH[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_ENC[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_EXPORT[TLS_NR_CIPHERS]; do
+          while read hexc n TLS_CIPHER_OSSL_NAME[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_RFC_NAME[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_SSLVERS[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_KX[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_AUTH[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] TLS_CIPHER_ENC[TLS_NR_CIPHERS] mac TLS_CIPHER_EXPORT[TLS_NR_CIPHERS]; do
                TLS_CIPHER_HEXCODE[TLS_NR_CIPHERS]="$hexc"
                TLS_CIPHER_OSSL_SUPPORTED[TLS_NR_CIPHERS]=false
                if [[ ${#hexc} -eq 9 ]]; then
@@ -9762,7 +9948,7 @@ get_local_aaaa() {
      local etchosts="/etc/hosts /c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts"
 
      # for security testing sometimes we have local entries. Getent is BS under Linux for localhost: No network, no resolution
-     ip6=$(grep -wh "$NODE" $etchosts 2>/dev/null | grep ':' | grep -v '^#' |  egrep  "[[:space:]]$NODE" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+     ip6=$(grep -wh "$1" $etchosts 2>/dev/null | grep ':' | egrep -v '^#|\.local' | egrep "[[:space:]]$1" | awk '{ print $1 }')
      if is_ipv6addr "$ip6"; then
           echo "$ip6"
      else
@@ -9775,7 +9961,7 @@ get_local_a() {
      local etchosts="/etc/hosts /c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts"
 
      # for security testing sometimes we have local entries. Getent is BS under Linux for localhost: No network, no resolution
-     ip4=$(grep -wh "$1[^\.]" $etchosts 2>/dev/null | egrep -v ':|^#' |  egrep  "[[:space:]]$1" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+     ip4=$(grep -wh "$1" $etchosts 2>/dev/null | egrep -v ':|^#|\.local' |  egrep "[[:space:]]$1" | awk '{ print $1 }')
      if is_ipv4addr "$ip4"; then
           echo "$ip4"
      else
@@ -10070,7 +10256,7 @@ determine_optimal_proto() {
 }
 
 
-# arg1: ftp smtp, pop3, imap, xmpp, telnet, ldap (maybe with trailing s)
+# arg1: ftp smtp, pop3, imap, xmpp, telnet, ldap, postgres (maybe with trailing s)
 determine_service() {
      local ua
      local protocol
@@ -10097,9 +10283,13 @@ determine_service() {
           service_detection $OPTIMAL_PROTO
      else
           # STARTTLS
-          protocol=${1%s}    # strip trailing 's' in ftp(s), smtp(s), pop3(s), etc
+          if [[ "$1" == postgres ]]; then
+               protocol="postgres"
+          else
+               protocol=${1%s}    # strip trailing 's' in ftp(s), smtp(s), pop3(s), etc
+          fi
           case "$protocol" in
-               ftp|smtp|pop3|imap|xmpp|telnet|ldap)
+               ftp|smtp|pop3|imap|xmpp|telnet|ldap|postgres)
                     STARTTLS="-starttls $protocol"
                     SNI=""
                     if [[ "$protocol" == xmpp ]]; then
@@ -10113,6 +10303,12 @@ determine_service() {
                               # see http://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc3920.html
                          fi
                     fi
+                    if [[ "$protocol" == postgres ]]; then
+                         # Check if openssl version supports postgres.
+                         if ! "$HAS_POSTGRES"; then
+                              fatal "Your $OPENSSL does not support the \"-starttls postgres\" option" -5
+                         fi
+                    fi
                     $OPENSSL s_client -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY $BUGS $STARTTLS 2>$ERRFILE >$TMPFILE </dev/null
                     if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
                          debugme cat $TMPFILE
@@ -10126,7 +10322,7 @@ determine_service() {
                     outln
                     ;;
                *)   outln
-                    fatal "momentarily only ftp, smtp, pop3, imap, xmpp, telnet and ldap allowed" -4
+                    fatal "momentarily only ftp, smtp, pop3, imap, xmpp, telnet, ldap and postgres allowed" -4
                     ;;
           esac
      fi
@@ -10438,8 +10634,8 @@ parse_cmd_line() {
                     STARTTLS_PROTOCOL=$(parse_opt_equal_sign "$1" "$2")
                     [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && shift
                     case $STARTTLS_PROTOCOL in
-                         ftp|smtp|pop3|imap|xmpp|telnet|ldap|nntp) ;;
-                         ftps|smtps|pop3s|imaps|xmpps|telnets|ldaps|nntps) ;;
+                         ftp|smtp|pop3|imap|xmpp|telnet|ldap|nntp|postgres) ;;
+                         ftps|smtps|pop3s|imaps|xmpps|telnets|ldaps|nntps|postgress) ;;
                          *)   pr_magentaln "\nunrecognized STARTTLS protocol \"$1\", see help" 1>&2
                               help 1 ;;
                     esac