Re: Thoughts on pg_hba.conf rejection - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Thoughts on pg_hba.conf rejection
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Msg-id 26365.1271772309@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Thoughts on pg_hba.conf rejection  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/02/postgres-fingerprinting.html

> Assuming the situation really is as described here, I am wondering if
> we should suppress the F, L, and R output in this and similar cases
> and back-patch it all the way back.  This seems like it is entirely
> too helpful.

[ yawn.. ]  I'm unimpressed: should we also ensure that neither ASCII
nor translated texts of authentication failure messages ever change?
IIRC, you were lobbying *for* such a change only a day or two ago.
        regards, tom lane


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