Re: Replay attack of query cancel - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: Replay attack of query cancel
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Msg-id 48A2B33C.EE98.0025.0@wicourts.gov
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In response to Re: Replay attack of query cancel  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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>>> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: 
> BTW, should we make all of this conditional on the use of an SSL
> connection?  If the original sending of the cancel key isn't secure
> against sniffing, it's hard to see what anyone is buying with all
the
> added computation.
+1
All of our important production work is done with local connections. 
If the machine has been compromised to the level that loopback traffic
is being intercepted, these protections won't help.
-Kevin


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