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MTAR T3D Sessions: PostgreSQL LDAP Authentication and Large Objects in Logical Replication
PostgreSQL may be close to perfect, but a few edge cases still leave room for improvement.
In this Postgres Wishlist session, Ildefonso Camargo looks at some of the friction around LDAP authentication, including the need to store bind credentials in pg_hba.conf and the risk of those credentials appearing in connection logs. He and JD explore alternatives such as PAM and Kerberos, along with the added complexity those solutions can introduce.
The conversation also turns to large objects and a long-standing limitation in PostgreSQL logical replication: large objects are not replicated. JD…
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