| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, samay sharma <smilingsamay(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal: Support custom authentication methods using hooks |
| Date: | 2022-03-02 15:45:13 |
| Message-ID: | Yh+RCTz1DoCU2i9/@momjian.us |
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On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 10:29:45AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> We don't require SSL to be used with them..? Further, as already
> discussed on this thread, SSL only helps with on-the-wire, doesn't
> address the risk of a compromised server. LDAP, in particular, is
> terrible in this regard because it's a centralized password system,
> meaning that one compromised server will lead to an attacker gaining
> full access to the victim's account throughout the enterprise.
Yes, but the site chose LDAP, and I don't think it is our place to tell
them what to use.
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