From: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | "Henry B(dot) Hotz" <hotz(at)jpl(dot)nasa(dot)gov>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
Subject: | Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches |
Date: | 2007-05-01 22:02:29 |
Message-ID: | 200705011502.30844.josh@agliodbs.com |
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Tom, Josh, Magnus.
> I can't speak to the situation on Windows either; if OpenSSL isn't
> commonly used on Windows that may be a sufficient reason for supporting
> GSSAPI too. I'm just unconvinced by any argument that suggests we'll
> replace our SSL support with it.
I can't imagine we will either. I think we should offer users choices,
within reason.
> IIRC we had a gnutls patch offered, but rejected.
Darn, this happened while I was offline. I would have supported it. I
still think it's a good idea, pending patch quality.
> > Also, last I checked OpenSSL didn't ship with Windows and Kerberos
> > encryption did.
>
> How long ago did you check? I've been using OpenSSL on windows for many
> years. Actually, it was supported just fine on Windows back when it was
> added to PostgreSQL *at least*.
I didn't say *available for download*, I said *ship with*. That is, does a
Windows Vista Pro box from the factory come with OpenSSL on it? It does
come with Microsoft SSPI, although I don't know compatibility issues.
--
--Josh
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco
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