| From: | John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Postgres help (E-mail) <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: EMBEDDED PostgreSQL |
| Date: | 2005-01-25 23:38:46 |
| Message-ID: | 41F1F8D7-6F2A-11D9-BDFB-000A95B03262@pgedit.com |
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Hi Tom,
On Jan 25, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Sorry, but any Windows user who thinks he doesn't need security
> measures
> equivalent to (not "beyond") minimum Unix practice is a dummy about
> security. Take a look at this LOAD vulnerability we're in the midst of
> patching, and ask yourself whether you aren't glad that it can't be
> used
> to get admin privileges on your Windows box.
So a vulnerability exists on Windows even if PostgreSQL is only
accepting local connections?
The poster asked about embedded databases and that is what I'm trying
to address. I realize this has been thoroughly hashed about in the
archives, but I don't recall any discussion of PotgreSQL 8 on Windows.
Thanks,
John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL
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