| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> |
| Cc: | josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, "Henry B(dot) Hotz" <hotz(at)jpl(dot)nasa(dot)gov> |
| Subject: | Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches |
| Date: | 2007-05-01 20:32:32 |
| Message-ID: | 29844.1178051552@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> writes:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> For now, yes. In the long run, we want to provide users with other methods
>> of encrypted connections than the rather flaky and
>> not-available-on-every-platform OpenSSL.
> I'm curious - on what platform is OpenSSL NOT available ?
And even more curious to see you defend that offhanded bashing of OpenSSL,
a tool a whole lot of people (including me) depend on all day every day.
If Postgres had the market penetration of OpenSSL, our lives would be a
lot different. Have you got even a shred of evidence that GSSAPI is
more stable than OpenSSL?
regards, tom lane
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