Re: libpq 8.4 beta1: $PGHOST complains about missing root.crt

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Martin Pitt <mpitt(at)debian(dot)org>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: libpq 8.4 beta1: $PGHOST complains about missing root.crt
Date: 2009-04-10 17:17:56
Message-ID: 25647.1239383876@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> It is not apparent why the client should be stricter than
>> that, and definitely not apparent why such strictness should be the
>> default behavior.

> It's "secure by default".

In my experience ssh itself isn't this strict. Why should libpq be?
I think most users will see this as a bug, not as being secure.

regards, tom lane

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