Re: [PATCHES] plperl Safe restrictions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Rod Taylor
Subject Re: [PATCHES] plperl Safe restrictions
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Msg-id 1102018028.99116.234.camel@home
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] plperl Safe restrictions  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 02:21 -0500, Greg Stark wrote:
> "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> 
> > John wanted us to allow use of the 'locale' and 'utf8' pragmas in trusted
> > code. 
> 
> You know, there's something twisted in postgres's naming scheme here. How is
> it that "trusted" languages the ones that need a sandbox? and "untrusted"
> languages the ones that get to run amok without restrictions?
> 
> I would have thought it would be the other way around.

It's not that you trust the language, it that you trust the PostgreSQL
despite the language.

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