Re: fix for palloc() of user-supplied length

Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> More generally, though, I was thinking that the appropriate answer
> at this point is to rip out support for version-0 authentication
> altogether. I can't believe anyone will be trying to connect to a
> 7.3 or beyond server with 6.2 client libraries (v0 went away in 6.3
> as best I can tell from the CVS logs).

Further, has this code actually been tested within recent memory? If
not, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it's suffered some
bitrot...

> Anyone want to argue that we should keep the v0 protocol support any
> longer?

Nope, exactly the same thought crossed my mind while I was reading
through the code...

Cheers,

Neil

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