I would say any time before 7.4 final, which should be in 4-6 weeks.
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Dan Langille wrote:
> Given I'm the smartass that volunteered in the first place, perhaps I
> should complete what I started.
>
> I work well with a deadline. When do you want this done?
>
> On 16 Aug 2003 at 12:41, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Now that we are in beta, does someone want to tackle a "security"
> > section in the docs?
> >
> >
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> >
> > Dan Langille wrote:
> > > With reference to my post to the "PostgreSQL Password Cracker" on
> > > 2003-01-02, I've promised to write a security document for the project.
> > > Here it is, Sunday night, and I can't sleep. What better way to get there
> > > than start this task...
> > >
> > > My plan is to write this in very simple HTML. I will post the draft
> > > document on my website and post the URL here from time to time for
> > > feedback. Please make suggestions for content. So far, I will cover these
> > > items:
> > >
> > > - .pgpass (see
> > > http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/libpq-files.html)
> > > - local connections
> > > - remote connections (recommending SSL)
> > > - pg_hba (only in passing, most of that is at
> > > http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?client-authentication.html)
> > > - running the postmaster as a specific user
> > >
> > > That doesn't sound like much. Surely you can think of something else to
> > > add. Should I post this to another list for their views?
> > >
> > > OK, that's done it. I'm ready for sleep now.
> > >
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