| From: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Aleksander Alekseev <a(dot)alekseev(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: SCRAM authentication, take three |
| Date: | 2017-04-10 05:57:26 |
| Message-ID: | CAMsr+YHB7sgRoMgj+x2DLHQ1pRt3YPF+xk4W0HR_g+0PRFDAUQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On 10 April 2017 at 12:34, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Attached is a patch to hopefully make the discussion progress. I
> simply propose to use sasl as a keyword for pg_hba.conf, on the basis
> that SASL is the protocol used, and scram is a mechanism used to
> achieve the SASL exchange. We can always come up with a set of options
> and aliases later, I am actually open to have more fancy extra options
> in pg_hba.conf.
I'd really like to see this approach proceed.
pg_hba.conf isn't the most user-friendly thing in the world, and seems
to be one of the top sources of confusion for new users. Simple is
good here IMO.
Let users specify 'scram' and negotiate.
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Craig Ringer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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