Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>
Cc: josh@agliodbs.com, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, "Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 2007-05-01T20:32:32Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc> writes: > Josh Berkus wrote: >> For now, yes. In the long run, we want to provide users with other methods >> of encrypted connections than the rather flaky and >> not-available-on-every-platform OpenSSL. > I'm curious - on what platform is OpenSSL NOT available ? And even more curious to see you defend that offhanded bashing of OpenSSL, a tool a whole lot of people (including me) depend on all day every day. If Postgres had the market penetration of OpenSSL, our lives would be a lot different. Have you got even a shred of evidence that GSSAPI is more stable than OpenSSL? regards, tom lane