Re: Incomplete startup packet errors

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: magnus(at)hagander(dot)net, pg(at)heroku(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Incomplete startup packet errors
Date: 2016-04-13 21:34:14
Message-ID: 20160414.063414.1697793311576261462.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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>> Is it possible a user want the log because he/she wants to notice that
>> the system is being attacked?
>
> Yeah, but it doesn't seem very likely, because:
>
> 1. If the system is on the Internet, it's definitely being attacked, and
>
> 2. The attacks that connect to a port and then disconnect are not the
> ones you should be most worried about, and
>
> 3. The right way to detect attacks is through OS-level monitoring or
> firewall-level monitoring, and nothing we do in PG is going to come
> close to the same value.

Ok, that makes sense.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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