Re: default privileges wording - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: default privileges wording
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Msg-id 4E0B9901.6040402@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: default privileges wording  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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On 06/29/2011 05:16 PM, David Fetter wrote:
>>
>> Hmm, I like David's suggestion better, but I agree with you that
>> "deny" isn't the right verb there.  I have no better suggestions at
>> moment though.
> I chose "deny" in the sense of "default deny," which is a term of art
> in security engineering referring to an access control policy.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_engineering#Security_stance
>
>

If two of our own most deeply invested hackers find it unclear, many 
other will too, term of art or not.

cheers

andrew







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