| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tomasz Ostrowski <tometzky(at)batory(dot)org(dot)pl> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Spoofing as the postmaster |
| Date: | 2007-12-24 17:35:54 |
| Message-ID: | 200712241735.lBOHZsG20073@momjian.us |
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Tomasz Ostrowski wrote:
> > Fundamentally these are man-in-the-middle attacks, and the only real
> > solution is mutual authentication.
>
> The problem is not many people expect man-in-the-middle attack on
> secure lan, localhost or local socket connection, so they'll not try
> to prevent it.
Agreed. This was the big surprise for me, and hence the new
documentation section I wrote.
I think based on this discussion that there is no way for us easily to
to avoid vulnerabilities so documentation/education seems the most
appropriate approach.
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