Re: WIP: plpgsql source code obfuscation

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Montag, 28. Januar 2008 schrieb Pavel Stehule:
>
>> this patch define new function flag - OBFUSCATE. With this flag
>> encrypted source code is stored to probin column. Password is stored
>> in GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY item - it is similar security like SQL Server
>> does (where privileged users can access system tables with source code
>> or can use debugger).
>>
>
> Have you thought about a solution that applies the regular access privileges
> to pg_proc in order to hide some content from less privileged users?
>
>

This question is a good one, especially since we have waiting in the
wings the work my SOC student did a few months ago on column level
privileges.

cheers

andrew