Re: leaky views, yet again

From: bricklen <bricklen(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: leaky views, yet again
Date: 2010-10-05 20:37:40
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On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Kevin Grittner
<Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:
> Right now this is managed by query classes in our Java applications,
> but as we're moving to a variety of new and different technologies
> it's getting harder for the DBAs to ensure that nothing is leaking
> to inappropriate recipients.  :-(  I think we're going to need to
> move more of the enforcement to database views and/or security
> restrictions based on database roles.

Does Veil cover some of those needs?
http://veil.projects.postgresql.org/curdocs/index.html
I've never used it, but from what I recall hearing about it, it did
something similar (I thought).

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