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How psql source code can be protected?

От
Marius Pitigoi
Дата:
Hello,

Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap utility.
I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges) and this is what I want to avoid.

Thank you in advance,
Marius Pitigoi

Re: How psql source code can be protected?

От
Raymond O'Donnell
Дата:
On 06/01/2010 16:09, Marius Pitigoi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap
> utility.
> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my
> functions code (they have root privileges) and this is what I want to
> avoid.

I don't think there's any way of doing this. There's been a good bit of
discussion of this topic in the past - see the archives.

In any case, since your hosting people have root privileges, there
probably isn't much you can do.... :-)

Ray.


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Re: How psql source code can be protected?

От
Erik Jones
Дата:
On Jan 6, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Marius Pitigoi wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap utility.
> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges)
andthis is what I want to avoid.  

If you don't trust your hosting company then why are you doing business with them?

Erik Jones, Database Administrator
Engine Yard
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Re: How psql source code can be protected?

От
Scott Marlowe
Дата:
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Erik Jones <ejones@engineyard.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 6, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Marius Pitigoi wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap utility.
>> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges)
andthis is what I want to avoid. 
>
> If you don't trust your hosting company then why are you doing business with them?

This+++++

Re: How psql source code can be protected?

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 13:11 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Erik Jones <ejones@engineyard.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 6, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Marius Pitigoi wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap utility.
> >> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges)
andthis is what I want to avoid. 
> >
> > If you don't trust your hosting company then why are you doing business with them?
>
> This+++++
>

Bingo...

Joshua D. Drake



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Re: How psql source code can be protected?

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David Fetter
Дата:
On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 05:09:06PM +0100, Marius Pitigoi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has
> wrap utility.  I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server.
> But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges) and
> this is what I want to avoid.

The appropriate place to protect your IP is in legal agreements.

Cheers,
David.
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Re: How psql source code can be protected?

От
"Joshua D. Drake"
Дата:
On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 13:11 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Erik Jones <ejones@engineyard.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 6, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Marius Pitigoi wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap utility.
> >> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges)
andthis is what I want to avoid. 
> >
> > If you don't trust your hosting company then why are you doing business with them?
>
> This+++++
>

Bingo...

Joshua D. Drake



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Re: How psql source code can be protected?

От
Merlin Moncure
Дата:
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Marius Pitigoi
<marius.pitigoi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap
> utility.
> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my
> functions code (they have root privileges) and this is what I want to avoid.

It's impossible to do this if the company has access to the database
superuser account.  If they have root access on the box there is no
real effective way from keeping them from using that account (your
main line of defense is pg_hba.conf which they can simply adjust).

If you limit them to a restricted account you can prevent casual
browsing of your procedure code by revoking select access from pg_proc
from that account and 'public'.

merlin