Re: Information/schema hiding...

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org>
Cc: Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Information/schema hiding...
Date: 2004-04-11 22:37:41
Message-ID: 4079C8B5.2010401@dunslane.net
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Sean Chittenden wrote:

> Is hiding schema information a good thing? Do people think that the
> concept of "secure by default" should apply to schema information
> inside of the database? Should information hiding be done in psql(1)
> or should this be managed by the backend and all logic kept out of
> psql(1)? For sure, the advantage of having it managed in the backend
> is that *all* clients (psql, pgadmin, phpPgAdmin, etc.) would pick up
> the schema structure hiding.
>

Anywhere else but the backend is pointless, IMNSHO. You might be
interested in my recent posting about zero knowledge users here:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-04/msg00144.php

cheers

andrew

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