Re: [v9.1] Add security hook on initialization of instance

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [v9.1] Add security hook on initialization of instance
Date: 2010-07-08 14:58:09
Message-ID: 20100708145809.GQ21875@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Robert Haas (robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> I'm not sure what the best thing to do about this is. I think it
> might be a good idea to start with some discussion of what problems
> people are trying to solve (hopefully N > 1?) and then try to figure
> out what a good solution might look like.

Guess my first thought was that you'd have a database-level label that
would be used by SELinux to validate a connection. A second thought is
labels for roles. KaiGai, can you provide your thoughts on this
discussion/approach/problems? I realize it's come a bit far-afield from
your original proposal.

Thanks,

Stephen

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