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From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support
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Msg-id 82e75cb9-9676-6852-74de-1454a5cc97d7@iki.fi
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In response to Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support  (Robbie Harwood <rharwood@redhat.com>)
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Sorry if this sounds facetious, but:

What is the point of this patch? What's the advantage of GSSAPI 
encryption over SSL? I was hoping to find the answer by reading the 
documentation changes, but all I can see is "how" to set it up, and 
nothing about "why".

- Heikki

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