Re: TODO Item: Allow pg_hba.conf to specify host names along with IP addresses

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Dickson S(dot) Guedes" <guediz(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Subject: Re: TODO Item: Allow pg_hba.conf to specify host names along with IP addresses
Date: 2008-06-15 21:56:35
Message-ID: 200806152356.37437.peter_e@gmx.net
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Dickson S. Guedes wrote:
> SSH uses an approach like that.

It would probably be a good idea to check how other programs deal with
hostname lookups during authentication. Programs like SSH, Apache, and Squid
come to mind.

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