Re: Trying to build 7.0.3 on SCO 5.0.4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Fork <mfork(at)toledolink(dot)com>
Cc: PostgresSQL mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Trying to build 7.0.3 on SCO 5.0.4
Date: 2000-11-21 21:07:51
Message-ID: 2922.974840871@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Fork <mfork(at)toledolink(dot)com> writes:
> However, these lines are in pg_hba.conf, which in my opinion needs should
> have a disclaimer in big letters as to exactly the security hole it
> creates.
>
> #host all 192.168.54.1 255.255.255.255 reject
> #host all 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 trust
> #
> # The above would allow anyone anywhere except from 192.168.54.1 to
> # connect to any database under any username.

Well, it does *say* that, but maybe the letters aren't blinking red ;-)

There's no real good reason to use such a damn-fool configuration as
an example anyway, so I've modified the example to show Kerberos
authentication allowed from anywhere. Better?

regards, tom lane

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