Alvaro, That's exactly what I'd hope to see as well.
On Sat, May 5, 2018, 12:45 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On 5/2/18 18:59, Ian Maddox wrote: > > > > It appears that the knowledge from that page has been redistributed > > > across the manual in versions 8+, making it difficult to point to a > > > single authoritative resource. I'm writing to request that a single > > > section on security be revived in a future revision of the manual. > > > > I see where you are coming from. However, I think security concerns > > exist in every aspect of the system. So as a user when I'm dealing > > with operating system integration, or schema design, or backups, or > > replication, or monitoring, etc., then I want to know about the > > security concerns on that subject. > > Curiously enough, we got a request on the Spanish list today > > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/calhqua6tay+b+oh10oom24sank43quqovnozppdo5r6yq4e...@mail.gmail.com > about a "hardening guide". I think it is not completely out of the > question to have a separate slim section listing things to keep in mind > in order to harden a PostgreSQL installation. It doesn't have to be > terribly thorough -- rather it'd be mostly links to other places in the > docs where detailed information about each element can be found. > > -- > Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ > PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services >
