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Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:55:24 -0700
From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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To: "Florian G. Pflug" <fgp@phlo.org>
CC: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>,
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	Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>,
	Garick Hamlin <ghamlin@isc.upenn.edu>, pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Solaris ident authentication using unix domain sockets
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Florian,

> I'd be *very* interested in how they come to that assessment. I'd have
> thought that the only alternative to getpeereid/getupeercred is
> password-based or certificate-based authenticated - which seem *less*
> secure because a) they also rely on the client having the correct uid
> or gid (to read the password/private key), plus b) the risk of the
> password/private key getting into the wrong hands.

*shrug* don't ask me.  I don't agree with the policy, I can hardly 
defend it.

--Josh