Re: [HACKERS] Solaris ident authentication using unix domain sockets

Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.devel.patches,gmane.comp.db.postgresql.devel.general
Organization PostgreSQL @ Sun
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Tom,

> Indeed.  If the Solaris folk feel that getupeercred() is insecure,
> they had better explain why their kernel is that broken.  This is
> entirely unrelated to the known shortcomings of the "ident" IP
> protocol.

The Solaris security & kernel folks do, actually.  However, there's no 
question that TRUST is inherently insecure, and that's what people are going 
to use if they can't get IDENT to work.

-- 
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco

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