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On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:30:53AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > The answer depends heavily on what the "programmer/dba" can do.
> > 
> > Any superuser of the DB can see any data
> > Any user that can access the raw files can see any data
> > Any user that can poke into memory can see any data
> > Any user that can access the backups can see any data there
> > 
> > So in theory, if you restrict the programmer appropriately you could do
> > it, but you have to check they can still do their job.
> 
> Anyone tried running PG with restrictive SELinux policies?

I beleive redhat does this by default, if you have SELinux enabled.
Suitably restricted, it should mean the dba/programmer won't be able to
get at the data except via the database.

I don't know of anyone that's actually done this.

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
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