Re: [HACKERS] What goes into the security doc?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dan Langille <dan(at)langille(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] What goes into the security doc?
Date: 2003-08-16 16:41:57
Message-ID: 200308161641.h7GGfvO08515@candle.pha.pa.us
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Now that we are in beta, does someone want to tackle a "security"
section in the docs?

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Dan Langille wrote:
> With reference to my post to the "PostgreSQL Password Cracker" on
> 2003-01-02, I've promised to write a security document for the project.
> Here it is, Sunday night, and I can't sleep. What better way to get there
> than start this task...
>
> My plan is to write this in very simple HTML. I will post the draft
> document on my website and post the URL here from time to time for
> feedback. Please make suggestions for content. So far, I will cover these
> items:
>
> - .pgpass (see
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/libpq-files.html)
> - local connections
> - remote connections (recommending SSL)
> - pg_hba (only in passing, most of that is at
> http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?client-authentication.html)
> - running the postmaster as a specific user
>
> That doesn't sound like much. Surely you can think of something else to
> add. Should I post this to another list for their views?
>
> OK, that's done it. I'm ready for sleep now.
>
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