Re: PostgreSQL v7.2 Final Release

Turbo Fredriksson <turbo(at)bayour(dot)com> writes:

> Quoting "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
>
> > For Immediate Release February 5th, 2002
> >
> > Security
> > A new MD5 encryption option allows more secure storage and
> > transfer of passwords. A new Unix-domain socket authentication
> > option is available on Linux and BSD systems.
>
> First question:
>
> Is this backport(-able/-ed) to 7.1.3?

If you're referring to the unix-socket authentication, the Debian
patch for 7.1.X is where it came from--it wasn't in mainline until
7.2.

> Second question:
>
> Is 7.2 ready for production?

The developers obviously think so. Whether it's true for you, who
knows? You should probably test it, or wait a few weeks to see if any
show-stopper bugs are turned up by the early adopters. ;)

-Doug
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