Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Robert Treat wrote:
>> Hmm... I've always been told that Solaris didn't support this because the
>> Solaris developers feel that IDENT is inherently insecure.
> We don't actually use the Ident protocol for Unix sockets on any
> platform.
Indeed. If the Solaris folk feel that getupeercred() is insecure,
they had better explain why their kernel is that broken. This is
entirely unrelated to the known shortcomings of the "ident" IP
protocol.
regards, tom lane
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