Re: Lets (not) break all the things. Was: [pgsql-advocacy] 9.6 -> 10.0

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Robbie Harwood <rharwood(at)redhat(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Lets (not) break all the things. Was: [pgsql-advocacy] 9.6 -> 10.0
Date: 2016-04-11 19:37:32
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On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Robbie Harwood <rharwood(at)redhat(dot)com> wrote:
> I'm sure this won't be a popular suggestion, but in the interest of
> advocating for more cryptography: if we land GSSAPI auth+encryption, I'd
> like the auth-only codepath to go away.

I can't think of a reason that would be a good idea. Occasionally
good things come from artificially limiting how users can use the
system, but mostly that just annoys people.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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