Commit 226bae27 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Add mention that Kerberos 4 isn't recommended.

parent edc999b0
TODO list for PostgreSQL TODO list for PostgreSQL
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Last updated: Tue Aug 12 18:04:15 EDT 2003 Last updated: Sat Aug 16 16:51:46 EDT 2003
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
...@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ Source Code ...@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ Source Code
* Acquire lock on a relation before building a relcache entry for it * Acquire lock on a relation before building a relcache entry for it
* Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout * Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout
* Add checks for fclose() failure * Add checks for fclose() failure
* Change CVS $Id: TODO,v 1.1115 2003/08/13 03:12:04 momjian Exp $ to $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/TODO,v 1.1115 2003/08/13 03:12:04 momjian Exp $ * Change CVS $Id: TODO,v 1.1116 2003/08/16 23:33:49 momjian Exp $ to $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/TODO,v 1.1116 2003/08/16 23:33:49 momjian Exp $
* Exit postmaster if postgresql.conf can not be opened * Exit postmaster if postgresql.conf can not be opened
* Rename /scripts directory because they are all C programs now * Rename /scripts directory because they are all C programs now
* Allow the regression tests to start postmaster with -i so the tests * Allow the regression tests to start postmaster with -i so the tests
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<chapter id="client-authentication"> <chapter id="client-authentication">
...@@ -610,16 +610,21 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5 ...@@ -610,16 +610,21 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5
<para> <para>
<productname>Kerberos</productname> is an industry-standard secure <productname>Kerberos</productname> is an industry-standard secure
authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a public
public network. A description of the network. A description of the <productname>Kerberos</productname> system
<productname>Kerberos</productname> system is far beyond the scope is far beyond the scope of this document; in all generality it can be
of this document; in all generality it can be quite complex (yet quite complex (yet powerful). The <ulink
powerful). The <ulink
url="http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html">Kerberos url="http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html">Kerberos
<acronym>FAQ</></ulink> or <ulink <acronym>FAQ</></ulink> or <ulink url="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu">MIT
url="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu">MIT Project Athena</ulink> can be Project Athena</ulink> can be a good starting point for exploration.
a good starting point for exploration. Several sources for Several sources for <productname>Kerberos</> distributions exist.
<productname>Kerberos</> distributions exist. </para>
<para>
While <productname>PostgreSQL</> supports both Kerberos 4 and
Kerberos 5, only Kerberos 5 is recommended. Kerberos 4 is
considered insecure and no longer recommended for general
use.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
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