Re: Password thread (was: Re: [HACKERS] Updated TODO list) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Password thread (was: Re: [HACKERS] Updated TODO list)
Date
Msg-id 199907160222.WAA09619@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Password thread (was: Re: [HACKERS] Updated TODO list)  ("Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>)
List pgsql-hackers
> I wish I could recommend kerberos (which we already claim to support), but
> the implementations I've seen seem buggy.  NetBSD and Solaris both have it
> built in, but there are subroutine name conflicts between the kerberos
> libraries and some standard libraries on both platforms (different
> conflicts).  I think it's an example of good US technology being destroyed
> by the ITAR restrictions.  The overseas NetBSD developers, and a large
> fraction of the US ones, don't touch the kerberos stuff, so it suffers
> bitrot.  Excuse the rant.
> 

Totally agree kerberos is a great way to go, if we can.

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