Re: Proposed patch for key managment

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 11:19:02AM +0800, Neil Chen wrote:
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> On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 3:02 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
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> Here is a run of all four authentication methods, and updated scripts.
> I have renamed Yubiki to PIV since the script should work with anY
> PIV-enabled deviced, like a CAC.
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> Thanks for attaching these patches. 
> The unfortunate thing is that I am not very familiar with yubikey, so I will
> try to read it but may not be able to give useful advice. 
> Regarding the location of script storage, why don't we name them like
> "pass_fd.sh.sample" and store them in the $DATA/share/postgresql directory
> after installation, where other .sample files are also stored here. In the
> source code directory, just put them in a directory related to KMGR.

Yeah, that makes sense. They are small.

> Through your suggestions, I am learning about Cybertec's TDE which is a
> relatively "complete" implementation. I will continue to rely on these TDE
> patches and the goals listed in the Wiki to verify whether the KMS system can
> support our future feature.

Great to hear, thanks.

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