| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] SSL over Unix-domain sockets |
| Date: | 2008-01-17 16:31:40 |
| Message-ID: | 9905.1200587500@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> How does that prevent spoofing?
> It creates a lock file that is the same name as the socket file that a
> default-configured client would use, so it prevents a spoofed socket
> from being created.
Only if the attacker didn't get there first. I think this idea is
nothing but a crude kluge anyway...
regards, tom lane
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