| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Thoughts on pg_hba.conf rejection |
| Date: | 2010-04-07 17:07:21 |
| Message-ID: | k2n603c8f071004071007i3be115b8zb7b7c246e994f3ca@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> When there is a specific reject rule, why does the server say
>> FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry
>
> It's intentional. We try to expose the minimum amount of knowledge
> about the contents of pg_hba.conf to potential attackers.
The problem with the message is not that it's uninformative, but that
it's counterfactual.
...Robert
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