Re: Spoofing as the postmaster

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Tomasz Ostrowski <tometzky(at)batory(dot)org(dot)pl>
Subject: Re: Spoofing as the postmaster
Date: 2007-12-22 15:44:16
Message-ID: 200712221644.18160.peter_e@gmx.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> The fundamental problem is that because we don't require root, any user's
> postmaster or pretend postmaster is as legitimate as anyone else's.  SSL
> certificates add legitimacy checks for TCP, but not for unix domain
> sockets.

Wouldn't SSL work over Unix-domain sockets as well? The API only deals with
file descriptors.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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