Re: [INTERFACES] dynamic IPs - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [INTERFACES] dynamic IPs
Date
Msg-id 1621.927591109@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to dynamic IPs  ("Michael R. Anderson" <mike@ferrar.wvsc.edu>)
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"Michael R. Anderson" <mike@ferrar.wvsc.edu> writes:
> I'd like to connect to a database from a machine that gets a new IP
> number every time it connects to the ISP.  How do I set up the
> pg_hba.conf file to allow this?

I think your only alternative is to find out the range of IP numbers
your ISP might assign (it's probably not large, one C block at most)
and then configure pg_hba.conf to allow access from any address in
that range.  For example, if the ISP says 12.34.56.0 - 12.34.56.255,
then you'd put something like

host         all        12.34.56.0  255.255.255.0      password

I'd recommend using an authentication method other than "trust" ;-)
        regards, tom lane


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