Re: Permissions on CHECKPOINT - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Permissions on CHECKPOINT
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Msg-id 200101262336.SAA18384@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to RE: Permissions on CHECKPOINT  ("Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev@SECTORBASE.COM>)
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> > > What about DoS attacks?  What would be the effect of 
> > > someone's setting off an infinite loop of CHECKPOINTs?
> > 
> > Don't we have bigger DoS attacks?  Certainly SELECT cash_out(1) is a
> > much bigger one.
> 
> I've missed point - cash_out(1) is bug that should be fixed.
> Any reason to add yet another gun?

True.  I just thought there were many bigger DoS areas.  Maybe I am
wrong.

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