From: | Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Design Considerations for New Authentication Methods |
Date: | 2006-11-02 21:52:16 |
Message-ID: | 20061102215216.GA29474@phlogiston.dyndns.org |
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On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 01:10:14PM -0800, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
> standard protocols and libraries that support real security: SASL
> and GSSAPI in particular. You may for various reasons decide that
[. . .]
> Part of establishing a secure connection is establishing that the end
> points are the intended ones and there is no Man In the Middle.
> Establishing the end points means the server has identified the user
> within the name space of the security mechanism.
For what it's worth, I heartily support this effort. For most cases,
it probably isn't necessary, but I can think of several applications
for SASL/GSSAPI where something weaker will simply not do; in the
absence of the proposed functionality, I simply wouldn't be able to
use Postgres for those applications.
A
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