I would think a transport security layer sounds OK here, since you want it to be compatible across multiple systems...
On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 6:55:39 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > I've got a process that is running GRPC servers on a single device via > localhost in Golang. This gives me protection from external access, but I > would like to restrict down local access as well. I would not want another > user on the same device getting access. > > I could switch over to using domain sockets and use file permissions, but > I figure that wouldn't be compatible across multiple OS types (like > Windows). > > Adding an auth layer seems like overkill where I restrict this to a > specific local user, but maybe that is the only way to do it. > > If anyone has a better method would be great to hear about it. > > Thanks! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "grpc.io" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/grpc-io. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/0bd5b770-4c96-43c1-804c-51fc38aff13e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
