Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
To: Robbie Harwood <rharwood(at)redhat(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Nico Williams <nico(at)cryptonector(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support
Date: 2018-08-05 13:19:07
Message-ID: 82e75cb9-9676-6852-74de-1454a5cc97d7@iki.fi
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Sorry if this sounds facetious, but:

What is the point of this patch? What's the advantage of GSSAPI
encryption over SSL? I was hoping to find the answer by reading the
documentation changes, but all I can see is "how" to set it up, and
nothing about "why".

- Heikki

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