Thread: dynamic IPs

dynamic IPs

From
"Michael R. Anderson"
Date:
May 24, 1999

I'd like to connect to a database from a machine that gets a new IP number every time it connects to the ISP.  How do I
setup the pg_hba.conf file to allow this? 
 

Regards,

Mike Anderson


Re: [INTERFACES] dynamic IPs

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"Michael R. Anderson" <mike@ferrar.wvsc.edu> writes:
> I'd like to connect to a database from a machine that gets a new IP
> number every time it connects to the ISP.  How do I set up the
> pg_hba.conf file to allow this?

I think your only alternative is to find out the range of IP numbers
your ISP might assign (it's probably not large, one C block at most)
and then configure pg_hba.conf to allow access from any address in
that range.  For example, if the ISP says 12.34.56.0 - 12.34.56.255,
then you'd put something like

host         all        12.34.56.0  255.255.255.0      password

I'd recommend using an authentication method other than "trust" ;-)
        regards, tom lane