Re: PostgreSQL v7.2 Final Release

Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@bayour.com> writes:

> Quoting "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>:
> 
> > For Immediate Release                February 5th, 2002
> > 
> >    Security
> >            A new MD5 encryption option allows more secure storage and
> >            transfer of passwords. A new Unix-domain socket authentication
> >            option is available on Linux and BSD systems.
> 
> First question:
> 
>         Is this backport(-able/-ed) to 7.1.3?

If you're referring to the unix-socket authentication, the Debian
patch for 7.1.X is where it came from--it wasn't in mainline until
7.2.  

> Second question:
> 
>         Is 7.2 ready for production?

The developers obviously think so.  Whether it's true for you, who
knows?  You should probably test it, or wait a few weeks to see if any
show-stopper bugs are turned up by the early adopters.  ;)

-Doug
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