Commit 93940592 authored by Magnus Hagander's avatar Magnus Hagander

Add note about deprecating krb5 authentication in favour of GSSAPI,

per discussions (a long time ago). Documentation only, we keep full
support in the code.
parent 144c5198
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.103 2007/11/09 23:52:08 momjian Exp $ --> <!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.104 2007/11/14 14:25:55 mha Exp $ -->
<chapter id="client-authentication"> <chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title> <title>Client Authentication</title>
...@@ -722,6 +722,15 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5 ...@@ -722,6 +722,15 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5
<primary>Kerberos</primary> <primary>Kerberos</primary>
</indexterm> </indexterm>
<note>
<para>
Native Kerberos authentication has been deprecated and should be used
only for backward compatibility. New and upgraded installations are
encouraged to use the industry-standard <productname>GSSAPI</productname>
authentication (see <xref linkend="gssapi-auth">) instead.
</para>
</note>
<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 public authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a public
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