On Dec 12, 2005, at 20:33 , Peter Eisentraut wrote:
Michael Glaesemann wrote:
I'm not familiar enough with the psql code to be able to tell, but is
this secure? The pg_hba.conf on the new server is enforced, I assume?
You don't need to be familiar with the psql code to know that it would
be pretty stupid if client programs could override the server
authentication setup.
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. My point was I'm not familiar enough
with the code to see if this implementation is secure. I do indeed
realize that clients bypassing server authentication is a Bad Thing.
Michael Glaesemann
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