Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] Security implications of (plpgsql) functions

[Joe Conway]

Doug McNaught wrote:

Solved the halting problem lately?  ;)

nah -- I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader ;-)

Someone determined to DoS could probably get around any practical
implementation of your idea, using dummy argument, mutual recursion or
whatever.

I see your point. I guess a max recursion limit would be the way to go. Probably should be a configurable setting.

Joe


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