Re: postgres uptime - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Gaetano Mendola
Subject Re: postgres uptime
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Msg-id 4125C72C.5040004@bigfoot.com
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In response to Re: postgres uptime  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
 > I'd like to see more than one person requesting this (and with solider
> rationales) before it gets added to TODO.  If I wanted to be picky I
> would suggest that knowledge of the server start time might be useful
> information to an attacker.  It would for instance narrow down the
> number of possible starting seeds for the postmaster's random number
> generator.

Good point, however I can add that also the versione engine knowledge
could be a good start point.


Gaetano





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