| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Thomas Mueller <thomas(dot)tom(dot)mueller(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Protection from SQL injection |
| Date: | 2008-04-29 20:33:01 |
| Message-ID: | 481785FD.1020903@dunslane.net |
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Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> Forbidding literals will break absolutely every SQL-using application on the planet
>>
>
> Well, it's optional. If a developer or admin wants to use it, he will
> know that it could mean some work. Even if the feature is not enabled,
> it's still good to have it. And using constants will help document the
> application.
>
>
>
What is not optional is the probably maintenance complexity of this scheme.
Moreover, it seems unlikely that it will even cover the field. A partial
cloak might indeed be worse than none, in that it will give some
developers an illusion of having security.
Before we embarked on such an enterprise, I would personally want to see
fairly loud clamor from our user base for it.
cheers
andrew
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