Re: [HACKERS] VACUUM as a denial-of-service attack

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] VACUUM as a denial-of-service attack
Date: 1999-11-29 20:55:03
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.9911291653130.69193-100000@thelab.hub.org
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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Tom Lane wrote:

> I think a reasonable answer to this is to restrict VACUUM on any
> table to be allowed only to the table owner and Postgres superuser.
> Does anyone have an objection or better idea?

To me, this sounds perfectly reasonable and sane...

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