Re: Information/schema hiding... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Information/schema hiding...
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Msg-id 4079C8B5.2010401@dunslane.net
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In response to Information/schema hiding...  (Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>)
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Sean Chittenden wrote:

> Is hiding schema information a good thing?  Do people think that the 
> concept of "secure by default" should apply to schema information 
> inside of the database?  Should information hiding be done in psql(1) 
> or should this be managed by the backend and all logic kept out of 
> psql(1)?  For sure, the advantage of having it managed in the backend 
> is that *all* clients (psql, pgadmin, phpPgAdmin, etc.) would pick up 
> the schema structure hiding.
>

Anywhere else but the backend is pointless, IMNSHO. You might be 
interested in my recent posting about zero knowledge users here:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-04/msg00144.php


cheers

andrew



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