Re: Views, views, views: Summary of Arguments

Tom Lane wrote:

>"Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com> writes:
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>>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.
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>No, you're not, and it's not like we've never heard this argument
>before.
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>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.
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There is a case for a facility to "harden" postgres. My experiments some
time ago show you can pretty much hide everything without breaking
anything badly if you're careful. I have it on my personal TODO list to
complete a hardening script - although I have no idea when I'll get to it.

cheers

andrew