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Re: Password requirement in windows installer
- From: Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
- To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
- Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
- Subject: Re: Password requirement in windows installer
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:30:02 -0500
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 12:37:16PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > > Decibel! wrote: > >Is there something insecure about using ident sameuser for localhost > >authentication on Windows? > > > > FWIW, I never advise people to use ident auth for postgres except on > local (a.k.a. Unix domain socket) connections, which don't exist on Windows. Is it easy to spoof where an incoming connection request is coming from? Is there something else that makes ident on 127.0.0.1/32 insecure? -- Decibel!, aka Jim Nasby decibel(at)decibel(dot)org EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)
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