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From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: TODO Item: Allow pg_hba.conf to specify host names along with IP addresses
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Msg-id 200806161138.59369.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to Re: TODO Item: Allow pg_hba.conf to specify host names along with IP addresses  (Andrew Sullivan <ajs@commandprompt.com>)
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Am Montag, 16. Juni 2008 schrieb Andrew Sullivan:
> Since that's possibly about to go to IETF last
> call, it'd be a good time for someone planning to implement something
> to look at that document, and report on whether it provides any useful
> guidance at all.  I'd be keenly interested in hearing the verdict.

Well, this mainly says that a system that relies on DNS and reverse DNS should 
not be the default and only security mechanism.  I think we can work with 
that.  I'm not sure this actually tells us anything new, but at least it's 
written down in one place now.

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