Re: Patch to make postmaster bind to only to localhost.

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: "John C(dot) Quillan" <john_quillan(at)datasoft(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Patch to make postmaster bind to only to localhost.
Date: 2000-09-12 16:02:51
Message-ID: 200009121602.MAA24228@candle.pha.pa.us
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> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > > The big question is why we can't just scan pg_hba.conf and bind only
> > > > to those ip's. That way, we don't have to have a new flag. It will
> > > > all happen by default.
> > >
> > > huh? pg_hba.conf references IPs on remote hosts ... won't you find i
> > > tkinda difficult to bind to them? :)
> >
> > Well, we list the IP numbers we will accept connections from in
> > pg_hba.conf. If only on IP address appears on the file, why not just
> > bind to that one only?
>
> okay, unless my read of Steven's missed something, you cannot bind to *the
> remote host* ... you can only bind to an IP on the local machine
> ... pg_hba.conf lists *remote hosts*, not local ones ...
>
> Basically, binding means listening to a specific interface ... since the
> remote host IP is not a local IP, you can't listen on that interface ...

OK, but how then does -L work? Seems it only accept 127.0.0.1 connections.

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