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 860.1178055469@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches  ("Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>)
Responses Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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"Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov> writes:
> Windows?  I don't do Windows, so I'm guessing.

> If you accept that Microsoft's SSPI is a flavor of GSSAPI, then  
> GSSAPI is more widely supported and probably more stable on Windows  
> machines than OpenSSL is.

I can't speak to the situation on Windows either; if OpenSSL isn't
commonly used on Windows that may be a sufficient reason for supporting
GSSAPI too.  I'm just unconvinced by any argument that suggests we'll
replace our SSL support with it.
        regards, tom lane


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