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Re: Design Considerations for New Authentication Methods

Richard Troy <rtroy@sciencetools.com>

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From: Richard Troy <rtroy@ScienceTools.com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <mha@sollentuna.net>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>, "Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>, <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2006-11-02T20:48:04Z
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> Username/password is not acceptable in a number of situations.  This is
> not intended to replace them.  This would be in *addition* to supporting
> the current auth methods.  I don't understand at all how you feel it'd
> be nice to have yet shouldn't be done.
>
>        Thanks,
>
>                Stephen

...I thought you said this _needs_ to be done - by using words like
"unacceptible" and "required" - and I disagree. There's a difference
between what needs to be done and what is desired to be done. Further, I
never said "shouldn't."

Richard

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