| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Rodrigo Sakai <rodrigo(dot)sakai(at)poli(dot)usp(dot)br> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Change port number |
| Date: | 2006-02-13 01:06:32 |
| Message-ID: | 43EFDB98.1060201@commandprompt.com |
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Rodrigo Sakai wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a question about changing the port number of Databases
> server. It was told to me that is a good administrative practice to
> change the port number of the services, like change the 5432 to 6985
> or any other number. This is for security reasons. Is really a good
> practice?
Well, not really. Anyone who wants to get in, is just going to scan your
ports to find out what is open anyway. What you really need to do
is have a decent firewall in place and correctly configure postgresql
from the beginning.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> Thanks.
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