Re: oracle_fwd - is it safe or not? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: oracle_fwd - is it safe or not?
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Msg-id 1787812c-2cd0-906b-e5c8-efc6e4ca2a95@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: oracle_fwd - is it safe or not?  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
List pgsql-general
On 31/01/2019 18:53, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 05:37:00PM +0100, Piotr Włodarczyk wrote:
>> Our administrator have some doubt about this extension. He asked us, are we
>> sure that this extension safe enough and didn't make any kernel panic sytuation
>> beacuse as all another extension, this one can operate on system kernel level. 
>>
>> Therefore if it's possible can You tell me more about safety this extension and
>> release procedure and community of this module?
> 
> Uh, oracle_fwd uses a kernel module?  Are you sure?  That is surprising.

Perhaps he meant that the extension runs in the PostgreSQL "kernel" and
could crash PostgreSQL, which is true of any extension.  But oracle_fdw
seems reasonably popular, so I would expect a base level of quality.

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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