Re: Localhost vs. Unix Domain Sockets? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John R Pierce
Subject Re: Localhost vs. Unix Domain Sockets?
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Msg-id 53F2ADB2.40404@hogranch.com
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In response to Re: Localhost vs. Unix Domain Sockets?  (Ken Tanzer <ken.tanzer@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Localhost vs. Unix Domain Sockets?  (Matt S <matt@eatsleeprepeat.net>)
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On 8/18/2014 6:45 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
> Thanks.  I'm not really worried about this particular vulnerability,
> just wondering about the more general idea that having db user name =
> os user could reduce your security, even if only slightly.  Is it just
> as conceivable that a vulnerability could come along that was more
> exploitable only if the two names were _different_?

what I read on that vunerability, it was talking about dbuser == dbname,
not os user.   and frankly, I didn't get their rationale for that.



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