Re: Design Considerations for New Authentication Methods

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
Subject: Re: Design Considerations for New Authentication Methods
Date: 2006-11-04 22:53:21
Message-ID: 7807.1162680801@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> Yes ... if we were looking to cut down on both code and dependency bugs, we
> might consider desupporting "raw Kerberos". At this point, I think that
> everyone who supports Kerberos supports GSSAPI, unless we're still committed
> to supporting users of Red Hat 7.0 (Tom?).

I have no corporate commitment to make PG 8.3+ work on ancient Red Hat
versions, if that's what you mean.

regards, tom lane

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