Re: stats and unix sockets

From: Bèrto ëd Sèra <berto(dot)d(dot)sera(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: stats and unix sockets
Date: 2011-12-21 16:21:27
Message-ID: CAKwGa_8JQRab7DiKL7AkAGHNHUpvnocAcK56qmmQQhAdSvB9ow@mail.gmail.com
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Hi!

> That's a pretty stupid requirement. The stats collector socket is bound
> to itself, so it's inaccessible from anywhere else (on machine or off)
> regardless of firewall settings. There's no need to worry about it,
> and no there is not a provision for doing it via unix socket instead.
>

Indeed it is a totally harmless thing and the request makes little (if any)
sense. I will pass the answer over and I do share your stance regarding
excess in paranoid modes :)

Bèrto

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