On Mar 29, 2004, at 7:44 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Mike Nolan wrote:
Now, that doesn't preclude clients from seeing the names of another
clients database using \l, but unless there is gross mis-management of the
pg_hba.conf, seeing the names of other databases doesn't give other
clients any benefits ...
That rather depends upon what those clients are doing, doesn't it?
I don't know, does it? I can't think of any circumstance that this would
give a client any advantage ... can you?
Depends what you name the databases, honestly. Never underestimate the power of the belief in
confidentiality (paranoia to the rest of us) inherent in certain industries - actual advantage
gained means nothing compared to the perception thereof. I do much work in the financial and
environmental industries - you can't spit without offending a lawyer (particularly in the environmental
space. The lawyers are the only ones who make any money...).
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