Re: Hardening PostgreSQL via (optional) ban on local file system access

From: Gurjeet Singh <gurjeet(at)singh(dot)im>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Hannu Krosing <hannuk(at)google(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Robert Pang <robertpang(at)google(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Hardening PostgreSQL via (optional) ban on local file system access
Date: 2022-06-24 23:46:28
Message-ID: CABwTF4VJdi069fmWiQHdeXYncgiyc=KMWO5-6a5xiAQB1TCFEQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 4:13 PM Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> On 2022-06-25 00:08:13 +0200, Hannu Krosing wrote:

> > 3) should this be back-patched (we can provide batches for all
> > supported PgSQL versions)
>
> Err, what?

Translation: Backpatching these changes to any stable versions will
not be acceptable (per the project versioning policy [1]), since these
changes would be considered new feature. These changes can break
installations, if released in a minor version.

[1]: https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/

Best regards,
Gurjeet
http://Gurje.et

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