| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "John C(dot) Quillan" <john_quillan(at)datasoft(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Patch to make postmaster bind to only to localhost. |
| Date: | 2000-09-12 16:00:37 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.21.0009121258180.1305-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > The big question is why we can't just scan pg_hba.conf and bind only
> > > to those ip's. That way, we don't have to have a new flag. It will
> > > all happen by default.
> >
> > huh? pg_hba.conf references IPs on remote hosts ... won't you find i
> > tkinda difficult to bind to them? :)
>
> Well, we list the IP numbers we will accept connections from in
> pg_hba.conf. If only on IP address appears on the file, why not just
> bind to that one only?
okay, unless my read of Steven's missed something, you cannot bind to *the
remote host* ... you can only bind to an IP on the local machine
... pg_hba.conf lists *remote hosts*, not local ones ...
Basically, binding means listening to a specific interface ... since the
remote host IP is not a local IP, you can't listen on that interface ...
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