Re: security issues

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Frank Eckes <frank(dot)eckes(at)online(dot)de>, pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: security issues
Date: 2021-12-10 16:41:27
Message-ID: 70797.1639154487@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> writes:
> On Fri, 2021-12-10 at 15:33 +0100, Frank Eckes wrote:
>> And even worse, if i define a foreign server (e.g ORACLE) everybody can
>> see the credentials in a user mapping

> Then you use Oracle external authentication, for example with a
> secure key store on the PostgreSQL server. Then you don't need a
> password.

That's one way, but AFAIK the above claim is nonsense. You can
only see the connection options for user mappings that belong
to you (unless you're a superuser).

regards, tom lane

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