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Re: Design Considerations for New Authentication Methods

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, "Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net>, mark@mark.mielke.cc, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>, "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
Date: 2006-11-04T22:53:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> Yes ... if we were looking to cut down on both code and dependency bugs, we 
> might consider desupporting "raw Kerberos".   At this point, I think that 
> everyone who supports Kerberos supports GSSAPI, unless we're still committed 
> to supporting users of Red Hat 7.0 (Tom?).

I have no corporate commitment to make PG 8.3+ work on ancient Red Hat
versions, if that's what you mean.

			regards, tom lane