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Add mention that Kerberos 4 isn't recommended.
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doc/TODO

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TODO list for PostgreSQL
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Last updated: Tue Aug 12 18:04:15 EDT 2003
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Last updated: Sat Aug 16 16:51:46 EDT 2003
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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* Acquire lock on a relation before building a relcache entry for it
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* Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout
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* Change CVS $Id: TODO,v 1.1115 2003/08/13 03:12:04 momjian Exp $ to $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/TODO,v 1.1115 2003/08/13 03:12:04 momjian Exp $
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* Change CVS $Id: TODO,v 1.1116 2003/08/16 23:33:49 momjian Exp $ to $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/TODO,v 1.1116 2003/08/16 23:33:49 momjian Exp $
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* Exit postmaster if postgresql.conf can not be opened
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* Rename /scripts directory because they are all C programs now
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* Allow the regression tests to start postmaster with -i so the tests

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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.54 2003/08/16 23:33:49 momjian Exp $
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<chapter id="client-authentication">
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<productname>Kerberos</productname> is an industry-standard secure
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authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a
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public network. A description of the
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<productname>Kerberos</productname> system is far beyond the scope
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of this document; in all generality it can be quite complex (yet
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powerful). The <ulink
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authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a public
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network. A description of the <productname>Kerberos</productname> system
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is far beyond the scope of this document; in all generality it can be
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quite complex (yet powerful). The <ulink
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url="http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html">Kerberos
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<acronym>FAQ</></ulink> or <ulink
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url="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu">MIT Project Athena</ulink> can be
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a good starting point for exploration. Several sources for
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<productname>Kerberos</> distributions exist.
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<acronym>FAQ</></ulink> or <ulink url="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu">MIT
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Project Athena</ulink> can be a good starting point for exploration.
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Several sources for <productname>Kerberos</> distributions exist.
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</para>
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<para>
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While <productname>PostgreSQL</> supports both Kerberos 4 and
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Kerberos 5, only Kerberos 5 is recommended. Kerberos 4 is
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considered insecure and no longer recommended for general
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use.
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