Re: 7.4 changes

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.4 changes
Date: 2004-10-18 16:45:34
Message-ID: 4173F32E.2030109@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:

>Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
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>>Do we want to backport tighter security for plperl? In particular,
>>insisting on Safe.pm >= 2.09 and removing the :base_io set of ops?
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>I'd vote not: 7.4.5 => 7.4.6 is not an update that people would expect
>to break their plperl code ...
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*shrug* OK. Then plperl should probably not be regarded as being as
"trusted" as we would like. Note that old versions of Safe.pm have been
the subject of security advisories such as this one
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6111/info/ for some time.

cheers

andrew

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