Re: postgresql.key secure storage - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David Fetter
Subject Re: postgresql.key secure storage
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Msg-id 20090915184708.GH19673@fetter.org
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In response to Re: postgresql.key secure storage  ("Saleem EDAH-TALLY" <nmset@netcourrier.com>)
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 07:39:47PM +0200, Saleem EDAH-TALLY wrote:
> OK guys, I would never have thought about modifying libpq to steal
> confidential data, and I have never used debuggers in this respect
> at all.
>
> So super gurus can yet do the bad thing.

It doesn't take any kind of guru to use something someone else has
written, as rootkits and other malware amply demonstrate.

Cheers,
David.
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