From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Why don't we allow DNS names in pg_hba.conf? |
Date: | 2006-01-01 23:37:22 |
Message-ID: | 43B867B2.4020703@dunslane.net |
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Tom Lane wrote:
>I was reminded of $subject by
>http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2006-01/msg00002.php
>
>While I haven't tried it, I suspect that allowing a DNS host name
>would take little work (basically removing the AI_NUMERICHOST flag
>passed to getaddrinfo in hba.c). There was once a good reason not
>to allow it: slow DNS lookups would lock up the postmaster. But
>now that we do this work in an already-forked backend, with an overall
>timeout that would catch any indefinite blockage, I don't see a good
>reason why we shouldn't let people use DNS names.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>
>
>
We debated this back in May 2003 - I was going to do it but it got lost
among other stuff. Still worth doing, I think.
cheers
andrew
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