Re: Patch to make postmaster bind to only to localhost.

> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > > The big question is why we can't just scan pg_hba.conf and bind only
> > > > to those ip's.  That way, we don't have to have a new flag.  It will
> > > > all happen by default.
> > >
> > > huh?  pg_hba.conf references IPs on remote hosts ... won't you find i
> > > tkinda difficult to bind to them? :)
> >
> > Well, we list the IP numbers we will accept connections from in
> > pg_hba.conf.  If only on IP address appears on the file, why not just
> > bind to that one only?
>
> okay, unless my read of Steven's missed something, you cannot bind to *the
> remote host* ... you can only bind to an IP on the local machine
> ... pg_hba.conf lists *remote hosts*, not local ones ...
>
> Basically, binding means listening to a specific interface ... since the
> remote host IP is not a local IP, you can't listen on that interface ...

OK, but how then does -L work?  Seems it only accept 127.0.0.1 connections.

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