Re: security label support, part.2 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: security label support, part.2
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Msg-id 20117.1282069934@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: security label support, part.2  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: security label support, part.2  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
>> No.. �and I'm not sure we ever would. �What we *have* done is removed
>> all permissions checking on child tables when a parent is being
>> queried..

> Yeah.  I'm not totally sure that is sensible for a MAC environment.
> Heck, it's arguably incorrect (though perhaps quite convenient) in a
> DAC environment.

IIRC, the reason we did it was that we decided the SQL spec requires it.
So there's not a lot of point in debating the issue, unless you can
convince us we misread the spec.
        regards, tom lane


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