Re: Making the DB secure - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Geoffrey
Subject Re: Making the DB secure
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Msg-id 42B8897F.1020903@3times25.net
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In response to Re: Making the DB secure  (Együd Csaba <csegyud@vnet.hu>)
Responses Re: Making the DB secure  (Együd Csaba (Freemail) <csegyud@freemail.hu>)
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Együd Csaba wrote:
> Hi,
> thank you very much. These are very good ideas, I think.
> I forgot one thing to mention. We will have very few clients (max. 20) and
> all clients will be required to have a fix IP address. Fix IP addresses can
> be listed in pg_hba.conf to filter incoming IPs very efficiently. With this
> note, do you think we need VPN or other enhancement?

YOU NEED A SECURITY CONSULTANT.  If you think you can rely on static ips
as a security tool, you are clueless.  I'm sorry, but the fact that you
mentioned that this database contains medical information really
disturbs me.

A static IP insures NOTHING.  A vpn will secure the connection and
protect it.

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Until later, Geoffrey

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