| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: SSL over Unix-domain sockets |
| Date: | 2008-01-15 15:46:32 |
| Message-ID: | 23996.1200411992@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Perhaps the easiest thing to do is to create a (possibly dangling)
> symlink in /tmp to the real socket in a protected dir.
Cute idea ...
> One thing to be aware of is /tmp cleaners ...
... but that would definitely be a problem. I think on most systems
you'd have to explicitly tweak the /tmp-cleaning script to know not to
zap such a link. Given that such a local customization would probably
disappear in your next system update, the security gain might be
fleeting.
regards, tom lane
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