-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.103 2007/11/09 23:52:08 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.104 2007/11/14 14:25:55 mha Exp $ -->
<chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title>
<primary>Kerberos</primary>
</indexterm>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ Native Kerberos authentication has been deprecated and should be used
+ only for backward compatibility. New and upgraded installations are
+ encouraged to use the industry-standard <productname>GSSAPI</productname>
+ authentication (see <xref linkend="gssapi-auth">) instead.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
<para>
<productname>Kerberos</productname> is an industry-standard secure
authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a public