Re: Proposal: Support custom authentication methods using hooks - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Proposal: Support custom authentication methods using hooks
Date
Msg-id 20220317210155.lz64hffrgg2zw5wi@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Proposal: Support custom authentication methods using hooks  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: Proposal: Support custom authentication methods using hooks  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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On 2022-03-16 18:50:23 -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> First, let's be clear- we aren't actually talking about custom or
> pluggable authentication here, at least when it comes to PG as a
> project.  For it to actually be pluggable, it needs to be supported on
> both the client side and the server side, not just the server side.
> 
> That this keeps getting swept under the carpet makes me feel like this
> isn't actually an argument about the best way to move the PG project
> forward but rather has another aim.

This is insulting and unjustified. IMO completely inappropriate for the list /
community. I've also brought this up privately, but I thought it important to
state so publically.



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