Re: security question

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: "zuhans(at)iname(dot)com" <zuhans(at)iname(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: security question
Date: 2004-05-11 18:32:40
Message-ID: 20040511183240.GA21379@wolff.to
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On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 20:09:46 +0200,
"zuhans(at)iname(dot)com" <zuhans(at)iname(dot)com> wrote:
>
> i'm very new to postgres and have a fundamental question.
> how do i make a pg-db most secure?
> i feel, that pg_user e.g. ist something very dangerous - isn't it? if
> someone hacks into a db, then he has lots of information at his/her
> fingertips. is this so?
>
> what do i do to prevent my db from beeing hacked?

If you don't need to provide direct access to the database from remote
hosts, only allow connections using domain sockets.

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