Re: TCP/IP with 7.4 beta2 broken?

Andrew Dunstan wrote:

>Andreas Pflug said:
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>
>>Tommi Maekitalo wrote:
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>>>>*nod* but it would be nicer if all loopback interfaces worked by
>>>>default - hence my localhost suggestion, which would match any of
>>>>
>>>> 127.0.0.1/32
>>>>
>>>> ::ffff:127.0.0.1/128 and
>>>> ::1/128
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>...
>>>That sounds good. Is it possible to extend lookup that way?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>I'd feel a bit uncomfortable making ::1/128 from 127.0.0.1/32 because
>>it's not converting the same address from one format into another, but
>>a completely different address.
>>Extending "local" to accept all local tcpip addresses would fit better.
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>I agree. The only automatic mapping in host* lines should be from
>p.q.r.s/n to ::ffff:p.q.r.s/n+96. Loopback interfaces are special and
>should be treated separately from the general case, which is what I
>propose to do.
>
This doesn't look consistent to me. Local addresses can be all addresses
that the host's interfaces are currently configured with, loopback is
nothing special in this sense. The admin can easily do 'ifconfig' to see
all addresses configured and enter them into pg_hba.conf, because these
addresses are obvious.

Regards,
Andreas