Re: Differences lang with or without "u" example:pltcl - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: Differences lang with or without "u" example:pltcl
Date
Msg-id 1157666240.29628.3.camel@dogma.v10.wvs
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In response to Differences lang with or without "u" example:pltcl and pltclu  (SebaM <sebastian.malyska@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 22:56 +0200, SebaM wrote:
> Hi all
> I wonderring what could be differences beetwen languages with and
> without "u" for example:
> pltcl - pltclu
> plperl - plperlu
>

Languages with a "u" should be "untrusted" by PostgreSQL, because they
are free to do anything the language can do. For instance, in plperlu,
you can make socket connections, open files, and do all kinds of
dangerous things.

Languages without a "u" can be safely "trusted" by PostgreSQL, because
they are resricted to using a safe subset of the language's
functionality.

Regards,
    Jeff Davis


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