| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] SSL over Unix-domain sockets |
| Date: | 2008-01-17 16:10:47 |
| Message-ID: | 200801171610.m0HGAlZ25049@momjian.us |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I have written the following documentation addition suggesting the use
> > of external_pid_file.
>
> How does that prevent spoofing?
It creates a lock file that is the same name as the socket file that a
default-configured client would use, so it prevents a spoofed socket
from being created.
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