Re: JDBC and GSSAPI/Krb5

On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Peter Koczan wrote:

> I know this question has been asked before, but the answer might have
> changed with the impending release of postgresql 8.3. Since 8.3 supports
> GSSAPI authentication, and Java can talk to Kerberos through GSSAPI
> (though not natively), is this feasible? I keep getting this
> "authentication type 7 is not supported" errors, so I know it's not
> currently supported. Are there any plans to have GSSAPI support for the
> 8.3 JDBC driver, or are there showstoppers in doing so?

Henry Hotz, the person who contributed the GSSAPI support for the server,
had plans to do the JDBC work as well, but I haven't seen anything from
him.  I've thought about working on it, but since I don't have any
kerberos infrastructure setup, it's kind of a pain to get all that going.
It's unclear how much work it will be, so it might get pushed to the 8.4
driver.

Kris Jurka