Re: host name support in pg_hba.conf - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: host name support in pg_hba.conf
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Msg-id 4C6008FB020000250003438F@gw.wicourts.gov
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In response to host name support in pg_hba.conf  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: host name support in pg_hba.conf  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Re: host name support in pg_hba.conf  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> The client's IP address (known from the kernel)
Some machines have several IP addresses; how is that handled?
> is reverse looked up, which results in a host name.
Some IP addresses have several host names, including in reverse
lookup; how is that handled?
-Kevin


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