Re: plpgsql by default - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: plpgsql by default
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Msg-id b42b73150604120922n1d6dac1dgba92e193aee9421f@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: plpgsql by default  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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On 4/11/06, Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 17:20 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > No, I'm saying that having access to a PL renders certain classes of
> > attacks significantly more efficient.  A determined attacker with
> > unlimited time may not care, but in the real world, security is
> > relative.
>
> That's a fair point.
>
> Perhaps a compromise would be to enable pl/pgsql by default, but not
> grant the USAGE privilege on it. This would allow superusers to define

+1 (+10 if I could, and I'm doing my best not to pontificate about security)

merlin


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