Re: [HACKERS] SSL over Unix-domain sockets

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
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: 2008-01-18 10:22:41
Message-ID: 200801181122.42173.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Donnerstag, 17. Januar 2008 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
> 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.

A counter-spoofing solution must be implemented in the client. No moving
around of files by the server will ever solve the problem.

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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