| From: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 7.2.2: Security Release |
| Date: | 2002-08-24 04:47:16 |
| Message-ID: | 87k7mgamnf.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com |
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> The issue is data-provoked crashes vs. query-invoked crashes. Marc's
> point, and I think it was clear enough, is that you can't just poke at
> the TCP port and hope to do anything bad, which was the thrust of the
> argument, I think.
The point I objected to is the suggestion that only those running
"shared" or "open" systems are vulnerable to the security
problem. That is simply incorrect.
Cheers,
Neil
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