Re: Shared system resources

From: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
To: oleg yusim <olegyusim(at)gmail(dot)com>, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Shared system resources
Date: 2015-12-23 02:48:02
Message-ID: 567A0B62.1090706@BlueTreble.com
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On 12/22/15 6:03 PM, oleg yusim wrote:
> Absolutely. But we are not talking about that type of data leakage here.
> We are talking about potential situation when user, who doesn't have
> access to database, but has (or gained) access to the Linux box DB is
> installed one and gets his hands on data, database processes stored in
> memory (memory would be a common resource here).

Of far larger concern at that point is unauthorized access to the
database files.

Basically, if someone gains access to the OS user that Postgres is
running as, or to root, it's game-over.
--
Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX
Experts in Analytics, Data Architecture and PostgreSQL
Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com

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