On 18 October 2012 12:37, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> On 18 October 2012 12:20, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: >> >>> 2. ident-over-unix-sockets was renamed to "peer" in 9.1, with the old >>> syntax deprecated but still mapping to the new one. Has it been there >>> long enough that we should start throwing an error for ident on unix? >> >> Any reason to remove? Having two names for same thing is a happy place >> for users with bad/fond memories. It costs little and no errors are >> associated with using the old name (are there?). > > The only real reason for that one would be confusion. e.g. using ident > over tcp is for most people very insecure, whereas ident over unix > sockets is very secure. there are exceptions to both those, but for > the majority of cases we are using the same name for one thing that > has very good security and one that has very bad. And confusion when > it comes to security is usually not a good thing.
I'll go with that. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers