Re: Is there any such thing as PostgreSQL security on a hosted website?

From: Oliver Kohll <oliver(at)gtwebmarque(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Is there any such thing as PostgreSQL security on a hosted website?
Date: 2002-07-29 13:58:44
Message-ID: 200207291358.44322.oliver@gtwebmarque.com
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Don't know enough to answer Q, but I do know that Verio and presumably other
ISPs provide postgres support WITH root privileges. In the end though, unless
you host on your own server, your ISP has complete control anyway.

On Friday 26 July 2002 1:06 pm, you wrote:
> (I know cross-posting is evil, but I'm not getting any responses over on
> the .novice newsgroup, and I feel this is an important topic that needs
> attention. Apologies in advance...)
>
> Summary:
>
> What is to stop a company that is hosting my
> PostgreSQL-enabled website from changing my
> pg_hba.conf file to "TRUST" so that they can go in and
> snoop around my online PostgreSQL databases?

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