Re: postgres uptime
От | Robert Treat |
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Тема | Re: postgres uptime |
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Msg-id | 1093009599.12331.158.camel@camel обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: postgres uptime (Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com>) |
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Re: postgres uptime
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Список | pgsql-hackers |
On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 05:41, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > > I'd like to see more than one person requesting this (and with solider > > rationales) before it gets added to TODO. If I wanted to be picky I > > would suggest that knowledge of the server start time might be useful > > information to an attacker. It would for instance narrow down the > > number of possible starting seeds for the postmaster's random number > > generator. > > Good point, however I can add that also the versione engine knowledge > could be a good start point. > I'd offer that given a simple call to version() will give you PostgreSQL version, cpu architecture, os/distribution information, and the version of the compiler used, that letting someone know the uptime of the postmaster would be last on my list of things I would worry about, and version() is a non-superuser executable function. If we do add this function, I guarantee you that you'll see it added to phppgadmin and pgadmin, because it helps make these remote administration tools more complete. Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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