Bug#318820: postgresql-8.0: listen_addresses shouldn't bind to all interfaces

2005-09-28 Thread Martin Pitt
reassign 318820 postgresql-common found 318820 26 thanks Hi Peter! Peter Eisentraut [2005-09-26 10:45 +0200]: I want to add what the idea behind this setting is: The authentication checks in pg_hba.conf are done at a rather late stage of creating the connection. If the server accepts TCP

Bug#318820: postgresql-8.0: listen_addresses shouldn't bind to all interfaces

2005-09-26 Thread Peter Eisentraut
I want to add what the idea behind this setting is: The authentication checks in pg_hba.conf are done at a rather late stage of creating the connection. If the server accepts TCP connections from anyone on the Internet, it's trivial to DOS the PostgreSQL server. The current installation

Bug#318820: postgresql-8.0: listen_addresses shouldn't bind to all interfaces

2005-07-18 Thread Andreas Pakulat
Package: postgresql-8.0 Version: 8.0.3-10 Severity: important Hi, looking at the default mysql config I wonder why postgresql-8.0 binds to any interface it can find. Wouldn't it be better to bind just to localhost, so that the server is not automatically exposed in the network (that may include