Re: [PATCH v20] GSSAPI encryption support

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 9:47 PM Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> Right, if we changed the name of the auth method then everyone who is
> using the "gss" auth method would have to update their pg_hba.conf
> files...  That would be very ugly.  Also, it wasn't implicitly rejected,
> it was discussed up-thread (see the comments between Magnus and I,
> specifically, quoted above- "that ship sailed *years* ago") and
> explicitly rejected.

Slightly off-topic, but I am not familiar with GSSAPI and don't quite
understand what the benefits of GSSAPI encryption are as compared with
OpenSSL encryption.  I am sure there must be some; otherwise, nobody
would have bothered writing, reviewing, and committing this patch.
Can somebody enlighten me?

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