Is PQfn() insecure or not?

From: ljb <lbayuk(at)mindspring(dot)com>
To: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Is PQfn() insecure or not?
Date: 2003-01-01 00:40:31
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"Programmer's Guide, Client Interfaces, libpq, The Fast-Path Interface"
describes PQfn() and has this alarming remark:

"This is a trapdoor into system internals and can be a potential
security hole."

Sure this isn't true. PQfn() just lets a frontend call a function which is
also accessible (if maybe not useful) via a SELECT statement, correct? If
I'm right, we should remove the scary language from the documentation. If
on the other hand PQfn() is a security hole, could someone post an exploit?

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