Re: Views, views, views: Summary of Arguments

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Views, views, views: Summary of Arguments
Date: 2005-05-13 14:43:14
Message-ID: 23779.1115995394@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com> writes:
> However, I think PostgreSQL has a fairly serious security problem in
> that the system catalogs are open to the public. I don't seem to be
> winning many supporters on this particular point though.

No, you're not, and it's not like we've never heard this argument
before.

Just upthread there were several complaints about the information_schema
being too restrictive to be useful --- I think we'd get a whole lot more
of that if we tried to prevent direct examination of the catalogs.

regards, tom lane

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