Re: Proposal: Support custom authentication methods using hooks

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, samay sharma <smilingsamay(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jacob Champion <pchampion(at)vmware(dot)com>, Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net, "peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com" <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: Support custom authentication methods using hooks
Date: 2022-03-17 21:01:55
Message-ID: 20220317210155.lz64hffrgg2zw5wi@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2022-03-16 18:50:23 -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> First, let's be clear- we aren't actually talking about custom or
> pluggable authentication here, at least when it comes to PG as a
> project. For it to actually be pluggable, it needs to be supported on
> both the client side and the server side, not just the server side.
>
> That this keeps getting swept under the carpet makes me feel like this
> isn't actually an argument about the best way to move the PG project
> forward but rather has another aim.

This is insulting and unjustified. IMO completely inappropriate for the list /
community. I've also brought this up privately, but I thought it important to
state so publically.

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