Dave,

Thanks, but I expected that once an issue makes it into a release, and a
release announcement, that the veil is pulled back.

rik.

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 11:05 AM Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote:

> Richard,
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 3:59 PM richard coleman <
> rcoleman.ascen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The release notes list:
>>
>> Issue #5919 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/5919> - Added
>> security related enhancements.
>>
>>
>> But this issue does not show up on the list of issues and following the
>> link returns a 403 error.  What exactly was included in this change?
>>
>
> The issue (like all security issues) was marked as private. We make the
> public following the release, which has now been done. The commit lists the
> following changes:
>
> Added following security enhancements:
> 1) Added ALLOWED_HOSTS list to limit the host address.
> 2) Added CSP and HSTS security header.
> 3) Hide the webserver/ development framework version.
>
>
>>
>> It doesn't seem exactly *transparent* that *secret* changes are being
>> made to this program.
>>
>
> We almost always make security changes in secret, in much the same way as
> other Open Source projects (e.g. PostgreSQL) do. That is to help protect
> users by not advertising potential vulnerabilities before fixes are
> available.
>
>
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> rik.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 6:34 AM Akshay Joshi <
>> akshay.jo...@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The pgAdmin Development Team is pleased to announce pgAdmin 4 version
>>> 4.28.
>>> This release of pgAdmin 4 includes 19 bug fixes and new features. For
>>> more details please see the release notes at:
>>>
>>>     https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/4.28/release_notes_4_28.html.
>>>
>>> pgAdmin is the leading Open Source graphical management tool for
>>> PostgreSQL. For more information, please see:
>>>
>>>     https://www.pgadmin.org/
>>>
>>> Notable changes in this release include:
>>>
>>>    - Added support to download utility files at the client-side.
>>>    - Added support to rename query tool and debugger tabs title.
>>>    - Added support for dynamic tab size.
>>>    - Added tab title placeholder for Query Tool, View/Edit Data, and
>>>    Debugger.
>>>    - Added support to compare schemas and databases in schema diff.
>>>    - Ensure that non-superuser should be able to debug the function.
>>>    - Ensure that query history should be listed by date/time in
>>>    descending order.
>>>    - Ensure that Grant Wizard should include foreign tables.
>>>    - Ensure that search object functionality works with case
>>>    insensitive string.
>>>
>>>
>>> Builds for Windows and macOS are available now, along with a Python
>>> Wheel,
>>> Docker Container, RPM, DEB Package, and source code tarball from:
>>>
>>>     https://www.pgadmin.org/download/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Akshay Joshi
>>> pgAdmin Project
>>>
>>>
>
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