> On Apr 1, 2019, at 9:55 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 10:16 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> Yeah; this is supposing that there is a security boundary between
>>> Postgres superusers and the OS account running the server, which
>>> there is not. We could hardly have features like untrusted PLs
>>> if we were trying to maintain such a boundary.
>
>> I wonder if we need to prepare some sort of official response to that.
>> I was considering writing up a blog post about it, but maybe we need
>> something more official?
>
> Blog post seems like a good idea. As for an "official" response,
> it strikes me that maybe we need better documentation.
+1, though I’d want to see if people get noisier about it before we rule
out an official response.
A blog post from a reputable author who can speak to security should
be good enough and we can make noise through our various channels.
Jonathan
