Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches
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Msg-id 29844.1178051552@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches  (Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>)
Responses Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches  ("Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>)
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Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc> writes:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> For now, yes.  In the long run, we want to provide users with other methods 
>> of encrypted connections than the rather flaky and 
>> not-available-on-every-platform OpenSSL.

> I'm curious - on what platform is OpenSSL NOT available ?

And even more curious to see you defend that offhanded bashing of OpenSSL,
a tool a whole lot of people (including me) depend on all day every day.
If Postgres had the market penetration of OpenSSL, our lives would be a
lot different.  Have you got even a shred of evidence that GSSAPI is
more stable than OpenSSL?
        regards, tom lane


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