| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: host name support in pg_hba.conf |
| Date: | 2010-08-10 14:11:14 |
| Message-ID: | AANLkTikFbxnM4EhPvpioyp=s9WyNwLdFOiejsWxaATCr@mail.gmail.com |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> On tis, 2010-08-10 at 07:32 -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup#Multiple_pointer_records
>
> Yeah, you can configure all kinds of nonsense and sometimes even get
> away with it, but the basic assumption throughout is that a system has
> one host name and between 1 and many IP addresses.
These days, I think it's more common the other way around: one IP
address, and many host names.
> We must make our
> implementation robust again other setups, but we don't have to (or
> rather cannot) support them.
"Cannot" is a good argument for not supporting just about anything.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise Postgres Company
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Heikki Linnakangas | 2010-08-10 14:15:55 | Re: MERGE command for inheritance |
| Previous Message | Peter Eisentraut | 2010-08-10 14:05:57 | Re: host name support in pg_hba.conf |