Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 22:08 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> (Note that you would still need a non-default setting of
>> listen_addresses for "-h machine_name" to actually work.)
> Which makes this proposal kind of uninteresting.
Although come to think of it ... is there any reason besides sheer
conservatism to not make the default listen_addresses value '*'?
It won't result in letting in any outside connections unless you
also add pg_hba.conf entries.
regards, tom lane