Re: Spoofing as the postmaster - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From D'Arcy J.M. Cain
Subject Re: Spoofing as the postmaster
Date
Msg-id 20071229093442.4408316e.darcy@druid.net
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In response to Re: Spoofing as the postmaster  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: Spoofing as the postmaster  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:45:26 +0100
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> That is exactly my point. The server can never know if the client has
> actually verified anything. It can provide the client with the *means*
> to verify things, but it can't enforce it.

I know this is probably obvious to most people in this discussion and I
don't mean to impugn Magnus just because I am latching onto his message
to make this point but I suspect that this discussion would go a lot
smoother if it branches into two completely different discussions about
two completely different issues;
- 1:  How does the client assure that the postmaster is legit- 2:  How does the postmaster assure that the client is
legit

Does anyone think that there is one answer to both?

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