From: Magnus Hagander Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:25:55 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add note about deprecating krb5 authentication in favour of GSSAPI, X-Git-Tag: REL8_3_BETA3~36 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=93940592613958f15e96884b302a03a3b83afc28;p=postgresql 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. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index fd1b25ac78..4e874b7272 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Client Authentication @@ -722,6 +722,15 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5 Kerberos + + + 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 GSSAPI + authentication (see ) instead. + + + Kerberos is an industry-standard secure authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a public