| From: | Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca> |
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| To: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCHES] plperl Safe restrictions |
| Date: | 2004-12-02 20:07:08 |
| Message-ID: | 1102018028.99116.234.camel@home |
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On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 02:21 -0500, Greg Stark wrote:
> "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>
> > John wanted us to allow use of the 'locale' and 'utf8' pragmas in trusted
> > code.
>
> You know, there's something twisted in postgres's naming scheme here. How is
> it that "trusted" languages the ones that need a sandbox? and "untrusted"
> languages the ones that get to run amok without restrictions?
>
> I would have thought it would be the other way around.
It's not that you trust the language, it that you trust the PostgreSQL
despite the language.
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