| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Henry B(dot) Hotz" <hbhotz(at)oxy(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Preliminary GSSAPI Patches |
| Date: | 2007-10-10 17:06:32 |
| Message-ID: | 19293.1192035992@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Henry B. Hotz" <hbhotz(at)oxy(dot)edu> writes:
> You know, I don't know what I was thinking when I sent this. My
> apologies for the late correction.
>
> Anyone who has a copy of the "host" keys for a machine can
> manufacture kerberos tickets for the "host" service on that machine
> masquerading as absolutely anyone (including people who don't
> exist). Same for the "postgres" keys, and if the postgres server can
> steal the host keys (or vice versa) then it's even worse.
> [snip...]
Maybe I'm too dense, but I don't see a conclusion here. Do we need to
change our code, our docs, both, or neither?
regards, tom lane
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