Re: TODO Item: Allow pg_hba.conf to specify host names along with IP addresses

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Subject: Re: TODO Item: Allow pg_hba.conf to specify host names along with IP addresses
Date: 2008-06-16 09:38:59
Message-ID: 200806161138.59369.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Montag, 16. Juni 2008 schrieb Andrew Sullivan:
> Since that's possibly about to go to IETF last
> call, it'd be a good time for someone planning to implement something
> to look at that document, and report on whether it provides any useful
> guidance at all.  I'd be keenly interested in hearing the verdict.

Well, this mainly says that a system that relies on DNS and reverse DNS should
not be the default and only security mechanism. I think we can work with
that. I'm not sure this actually tells us anything new, but at least it's
written down in one place now.

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