> > everyone (including people in a "hostile" vserver on the same physical
> > machine) could bind to it and interfere with our vserver -> Not So
> > Good(tm).
>
> That might be a good argument in general, but it does not apply to
> Postgres' use of 127.0.0.1, because we bind that socket to its own
> address, so only packets out of the same socket will be received.
What you're saying is that it shouldn't really matter whether you use
127.0.0.1, the ipv6 ::1 or another ipv4 or 6 address (but that's another
can of worms :-).
Anyway, the problem is pinpointed and solved (for me).
Regards,
Tycho
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