Re: Resource management in 7.4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Sander Steffann <sander(at)steffann(dot)nl>, Michael Paesold <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Resource management in 7.4
Date: 2002-12-22 04:31:56
Message-ID: 22783.1040531516@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> ... The reason I've been thinking about it is some people I've been
> working with at universities have a problem with students effectively
> DoSing shared installations to affect assessment. This was something
> they had control over when they used Oracle :-(.

And the students have access to the administrative installation exactly
why?

This is not Oracle: you are not paying a per-installation license.
Put the students on their own box, and you'll have a situation way
more secure than when you used Oracle ;-)

regards, tom lane

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