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Re: Localhost vs. Unix Domain Sockets?

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On 8/18/2014 4:55 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
So I've got two questions. One is whether there are any downsides to using sockets, or any "gotchas" to be aware of. The second is whether there is anything to do to increase the security of sockets? (e.g., analagous to encrypting localhost conenctions with SSL?) From the little I saw, it sounds like sockets are "just inherently secure," but wanted to confirm that or get another opinion!

localhost is plenty secure, only root can sniff it, and root can su to postgres and be in full ownership of your server anyways, so if you consider root a security risk, well, there's no cure for that.

unix domain sockets are quite secure too. they might be slightly faster than tcp/ip via localhost, but its probably not enough to matter.



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