Re: Disabling trust/ident authentication configure option - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bernd Helmle
Subject Re: Disabling trust/ident authentication configure option
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Msg-id B41160D680619A0757C6DE62@eje.credativ.lan
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In response to Re: Disabling trust/ident authentication configure option  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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--On 6. Mai 2015 16:28:43 -0400 Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:

>> Single user sessions would work, but the "peer" authentication is also 
>> still available and should be the preferred method to reset passwords 
>> when trust is disabled, so this should not be an issue.
> 
> (Personally I think there's a very good case for completely ripping out
> RFC1413 ident auth. I've not seen it used in a great long while, and it's
> always been a security risk.)

I have the same feeling. I haven't seen it in the last 6+ years used
anywhere and I personally think it's a relict...so +1.

-- 
Thanks
Bernd



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