Re: [HACKERS] SCRAM authentication, take three

On 10 April 2017 at 12:34, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:

> Attached is a patch to hopefully make the discussion progress. I
> simply propose to use sasl as a keyword for pg_hba.conf, on the basis
> that SASL is the protocol used, and scram is a mechanism used to
> achieve the SASL exchange. We can always come up with a set of options
> and aliases later, I am actually open to have more fancy extra options
> in pg_hba.conf.

I'd really like to see this approach proceed.

pg_hba.conf isn't the most user-friendly thing in the world, and seems
to be one of the top sources of confusion for new users. Simple is
good here IMO.

Let users specify 'scram' and negotiate.

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