| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Robbie Harwood <rharwood(at)redhat(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Nico Williams <nico(at)cryptonector(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH v20] GSSAPI encryption support |
| Date: | 2019-04-11 13:56:37 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmobdmxaOWuyA3kfbVYCtB0zKDLP7k8V0-JwWchuKUCey2Q@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 9:47 PM Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
> Right, if we changed the name of the auth method then everyone who is
> using the "gss" auth method would have to update their pg_hba.conf
> files... That would be very ugly. Also, it wasn't implicitly rejected,
> it was discussed up-thread (see the comments between Magnus and I,
> specifically, quoted above- "that ship sailed *years* ago") and
> explicitly rejected.
Slightly off-topic, but I am not familiar with GSSAPI and don't quite
understand what the benefits of GSSAPI encryption are as compared with
OpenSSL encryption. I am sure there must be some; otherwise, nobody
would have bothered writing, reviewing, and committing this patch.
Can somebody enlighten me?
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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