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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 27 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index 2ad7a6a29fc..481957e4ee1 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.56 2003/08/31 17:32:18 petere Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.57 2003/09/05 20:31:35 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="client-authentication"> @@ -199,13 +199,17 @@ hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <programlisting> (<replaceable>actual-IP-address</replaceable> xor <replaceable>IP-address-field</replaceable>) and <replaceable>IP-mask-field</replaceable> </programlisting> - must be zero for the record to match. (Of course IP addresses - can be spoofed but this consideration is beyond the scope of - <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.) If you machine supports - IPv6, the default <filename>pg_hba.conf</> file will have an - IPv6 entry for <literal>localhost</>. You can add your own IPv6 - entries to the file. IPv6 entries are used only for IPv6 - connections. + must be zero for the record to match. + </para> + + <para> + An IP address given in IPv4 format will match IPv6 connections that + have the corresponding address, for example <literal>127.0.0.1</> + will match the IPv6 address <literal>::ffff:127.0.0.1</>. An entry + given in IPv6 format will match only IPv6 connections, even if the + represented address is in the IPv4-in-IPv6 range. Note that entries + in IPv6 format will be rejected if the system's C library does not have + support for IPv6 addresses. </para> <para> @@ -219,9 +223,10 @@ hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <term><replaceable>CIDR-mask</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para> - This is an integer specifying the number of significant bits - to set in the mask, and is an alternative to using the - <replaceable>IP-mask</replaceable> notation. The number must + This field may be used as an alternative to the + <replaceable>IP-mask</replaceable> notation. It is an + integer specifying the number of high-order bits + to set in the mask. The number must be between 0 and 32 (in the case of an IPv4 address) or 128 (in the case of an IPv6 address) inclusive. 0 will match any address, while 32/128 will match only the exact host specified. |