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From Mikheev, Vadim
Subject RE: Permissions on CHECKPOINT
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Msg-id 8F4C99C66D04D4118F580090272A7A234D32CA@sectorbase1.sectorbase.com
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In response to Permissions on CHECKPOINT  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Permissions on CHECKPOINT  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: Permissions on CHECKPOINT  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> > What about DoS attacks?  What would be the effect of 
> > someone's setting off an infinite loop of CHECKPOINTs?
> 
> Don't we have bigger DoS attacks?  Certainly SELECT cash_out(1) is a
> much bigger one.

I've missed point - cash_out(1) is bug that should be fixed.
Any reason to add yet another gun?

Vadim

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