Re: Removal of krb4 support...

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Removal of krb4 support...
Date: 2003-05-16 14:58:01
Message-ID: 27165.1053097081@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Sean Chittenden writes:
>> The attached patch completely removes krb4 support.

> As long as people are still using it, I see no reason. Just the other day
> someone reported that he was trying to get it to work in his environment.

I was feeling itchy about that too. How about just adding some
disclaimers to the docs that Kerberos 4 has known security flaws?

I wouldn't mind pulling it from 7.5, if the 7.4 docs say we are going to
and no one complains.

regards, tom lane

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