Re: Proposal of SE-PostgreSQL patches (for CommitFest:Sep) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Proposal of SE-PostgreSQL patches (for CommitFest:Sep)
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Msg-id 19295.1222231836@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Proposal of SE-PostgreSQL patches (for CommitFest:Sep)  ("Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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"Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> I don't think there's much point in second-guessing the NSA: they are
> smart and have thought about this more than we have.

No doubt, but have they told us what we'd need to know to make a
non-broken implementation?  I haven't seen anything about how a SQL
database ought to work to play nice with SELinux or similar controls.
I don't doubt that somebody inside Fort Meade has a good design for
this, but I have no confidence that we do.
        regards, tom lane


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