Re: Patch to make postmaster bind to only to localhost. - Mailing list pgsql-patches

> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > The big question is why we can't just scan pg_hba.conf and bind only
> > to those ip's.  That way, we don't have to have a new flag.  It will
> > all happen by default.
>
> huh?  pg_hba.conf references IPs on remote hosts ... won't you find i
> tkinda difficult to bind to them? :)

Well, we list the IP numbers we will accept connections from in
pg_hba.conf.  If only on IP address appears on the file, why not just
bind to that one only?

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