Re: security question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruno Wolff III
Subject Re: security question
Date
Msg-id 20040511183240.GA21379@wolff.to
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In response to security question  ("zuhans@iname.com" <zuhans@iname.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 20:09:46 +0200,
  "zuhans@iname.com" <zuhans@iname.com> wrote:
>
> i'm very new to postgres and have a fundamental question.
> how do i make a pg-db most secure?
> i feel, that pg_user e.g. ist something very dangerous - isn't it? if
> someone hacks into a db, then he has lots of information at his/her
> fingertips. is this so?
>
> what do i do to prevent my db from beeing hacked?

If you don't need to provide direct access to the database from remote
hosts, only allow connections using domain sockets.

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