Tom Lane writes:
> Well, we need to talk about that. I like your idea of making ident auth
> "just work" on local connections better than Oliver's approach of
> inventing a separate auth-type keyword.
This is exactly what I would not like to see. "ident" defines a specific
protocol, with an ident server. ident over something not TCP/IP doesn't
make sense, it could confuse admins. Just because it works similar
doesn't mean it is the same. In particular, the security issues are
completely different.
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