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Re: Why don't we allow DNS names in pg_hba.conf? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Why don't we allow DNS names in pg_hba.conf?
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Msg-id 200601012214.41782.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to Why don't we allow DNS names in pg_hba.conf?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2006 19:30 schrieb Tom Lane:
> I don't see a good
> reason why we shouldn't let people use DNS names.

I generally support this, but I wonder if this could have strange effects if a 
name resolves to more than one IP address or even an IPv4 and an IPv6 
address.

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