Re: Listen on IPv6 only

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Dyonisius Visser <visser(at)terena(dot)org>
Cc: gilberto(dot)castillo(at)etecsa(dot)cu, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Listen on IPv6 only
Date: 2011-03-10 20:33:36
Message-ID: 201103102033.p2AKXac00524@momjian.us
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Dyonisius Visser wrote:
> On 10 March 2011 21:03, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
> > OK, let's skip documenting this then. ?They can already do this via
> > pg_hba.conf.
>
> Restricting access via pg_hba.conf is something else than listening
> (or not) on sockets...
>
> FYI, the listen_addresses is basically the same as sshd's ListenAddress.

Yes, listen_addresses prevents anyone from even binding to the address.

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