Re: server authentication over Unix-domain sockets

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: server authentication over Unix-domain sockets
Date: 2010-06-21 20:48:00
Message-ID: 1277153280.16657.2.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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On fre, 2010-06-11 at 08:07 -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> Having the option wouldn't do much unless users know of it and use it
> and it strikes that will very often not be the case.

That situation is the same as with SSL over TCP/IP with certificate
validation. I don't think we can make either of these the default
without risking breaking a lot of things.

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