Re: WIP: plpgsql source code obfuscation

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: WIP: plpgsql source code obfuscation
Date: 2008-01-29 14:19:39
Message-ID: 200801291519.40196.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Montag, 28. Januar 2008 schrieb Tom Lane:
> My recollection is that certain cryptography laws make hooks for crypto
> just as problematic as actual crypto code.  We'd have to tread very
> carefully --- "general purpose" hooks are OK but anything narrowly
> tailored to encryption purposes would be a hazard.

PostgreSQL already has built-in support for SSL and Kerberos, so it is already
infested with enough weaponized code to fail most applicable regulations.

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

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