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Kerberos Authentication Support in Thin Mode

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Python
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Description

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So the thick mode of connecting to Oracle Database supports Kerberos External Authentication.
While it's not supported in Thin mode.
This makes it a pain as we have to bundle the client libraries as well when deploying the applications.
This means that our size of application increases a lot! Something not great.

If Kerberos was supported in Thin Mode, then we no longer need to load the client libraries!

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Latest Oracledb Driver and Instant Client 19.X

Thank you for considering. I am wondering if other DBs such as MySQL or Postgress SQL support Kerberos in Thin mode?

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the thin-mode authentication implementation and its tests, then assess the Oracle Database Kerberos external-authentication requirements; done means applications can use Kerberos in thin mode without bundled client libraries.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
authentication, database
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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