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

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Why don't we allow DNS names in pg_hba.conf?
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Msg-id 4101.1139862090@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Why don't we allow DNS names in pg_hba.conf?  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Personally, I doubt there's any great use case for DNS names. Like Tom 
> says, if it involves much more that removing the AI_NUMERICHOST hint 
> then let's forget it.

Perhaps more to the point: let's do that and wait to see if the field
demand justifies expending lots of sweat on anything smarter.  Given
that we've gone this long with only allowing numeric IPs in pg_hba.conf,
I suspect we'll find that few people really care.
        regards, tom lane


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