Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakan...@vmware.com> writes: > On 02/11/2015 03:52 PM, Robert Haas wrote: >> So are you thinking to integrate with the Cyrus SASL library, or do >> you have another thought?
> I think we need to implement the primary MD5 replacement ourselves, so > that it's always available without extra libraries. Otherwise it will > not get much adoption, or the extra dependency will be a hassle anyway. +1 > We could also support using a library like that for additional > authentication mechanisms, though, for those who really need them. We've already got a sufficiency of external authentication mechanisms. If people wanted to use non-built-in authentication, we'd not be having this discussion. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers