| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM> |
| Cc: | Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Permissions on CHECKPOINT |
| Date: | 2001-01-26 23:36:24 |
| Message-ID: | 200101262336.SAA18384@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> > > What about DoS attacks? What would be the effect of
> > > someone's setting off an infinite loop of CHECKPOINTs?
> >
> > Don't we have bigger DoS attacks? Certainly SELECT cash_out(1) is a
> > much bigger one.
>
> I've missed point - cash_out(1) is bug that should be fixed.
> Any reason to add yet another gun?
True. I just thought there were many bigger DoS areas. Maybe I am
wrong.
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