if its linux, use iptables to block to port.
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From: Karl Wright <kwright@metacarta.com>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Sent: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:49:09 -0500
Subject: [GENERAL] How do I prevent binding to TCP/IP port outside of localhost?
> I have a situation where I need postgres to LISTEN and allow BINDs to
> its TCP/IP port (5432) only to connections that originate from
> localhost. I need it to not accept *socket* connections if requests
> come in from off-box. If I try to set up pg_hba.conf such that it
> rejects off-box requests, it seems to do this after it permits the
> socket connection, and that won't do for our security geeks here.
>
> For example, here's the difference:
>
> kwright@merrimack:~$ curl http://duck37:5432
> curl: (52) Empty reply from server
> kwright@merrimack:~$ curl http://duck37:5433
> curl: (7) couldn't connect to host
> kwright@merrimack:~$
>
> Note that the outside world seems to be able to connect to 5432 just
> fine, although any *database* connections get (properly) rejected.
>
> I cannot turn off TCP/IP entirely because I have a Java application that
> uses JDBC.
>
> Can somebody tell me whether this is an innate capability of postgres,
> or whether I will need to modify the base code (and if so, WHERE I would
> modify it?)
>
> Thanks,
> Karl Wright
>
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