Re: CIDR in pg_hba.conf

From: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>
To: Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: CIDR in pg_hba.conf
Date: 2003-05-08 15:36:00
Message-ID: 240250000.1052408160@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net
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--On Thursday, May 08, 2003 11:00:18 -0400 Andrew Sullivan
<andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info> wrote:

> On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 04:11:01PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
>> a paranoid lookup: name->ip->name and make sure it's sane.
>> (My abuse/security/paranoid hat).
>
> If you're being paranoid, why use hostnames at all?
My point. But, if we are going to allow hostnames, we ought to make
sure the userbase (and us) understand the holes.

LER

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