Re: CIDR in pg_hba.conf

From: Matthew Kirkwood <matthew(at)hairy(dot)beasts(dot)org>
To: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: CIDR in pg_hba.conf
Date: 2003-05-08 22:01:16
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0305082300131.1839-100000@sphinx.mythic-beasts.com
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On Thu, 8 May 2003, Larry Rosenman wrote:

> >> a paranoid lookup: name->ip->name and make sure it's sane.
> >> (My abuse/security/paranoid hat).
> >
> > If you're being paranoid, why use hostnames at all?
>
> My point. But, if we are going to allow hostnames, we ought to make
> sure the userbase (and us) understand the holes.

But _there are none_ if you only do forward lookups.

Matthew.

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