Re: Including PL/PgSQL by default

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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:34:06 -0000
"Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> wrote:

> There are so many simple ways to "do bad things" /without/ plpgsql, I
> just don't see how the theoretical harm in it being used as an attack
> vector even comes close to the benefits of having it installed by
> default.
>

Exactly, once a hacker has access all bets are off. This "theorectical"
implication of badness isn't helpful without some level of practical
application. It is so easy to DOS or DELETE a postgresql database if it
were compromised that adding plpgsql is hardly a consideration with that
argument.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake
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