On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 15:24 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > I think what he's asking for is the ability for a line in the server to
> > allow multiple authentication methods, and then for the client to be
> > able to specify which one of these it uses.
> 
> There's no way we could implement that without a protocol change,
> and it doesn't seem worth it to me.  The idea that the client gets
> to choose seems like a bad idea from a security standpoint anyhow...

Wouldn't this be solved just by having fall through authentication?

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake
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