| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: default privileges wording |
| Date: | 2011-06-29 21:28:33 |
| Message-ID: | 4E0B9901.6040402@dunslane.net |
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On 06/29/2011 05:16 PM, David Fetter wrote:
>>
>> Hmm, I like David's suggestion better, but I agree with you that
>> "deny" isn't the right verb there. I have no better suggestions at
>> moment though.
> I chose "deny" in the sense of "default deny," which is a term of art
> in security engineering referring to an access control policy.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_engineering#Security_stance
>
>
If two of our own most deeply invested hackers find it unclear, many
other will too, term of art or not.
cheers
andrew
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