Re: enabling tcpip_socket by default

> > Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> >> Is there any security risk if we enable tcpip_socket by default? We
> >> restrict connection from localhost only by default so I think enabling
> >> tcpip_socket adds no security risk. Please correct me if I am wrong.
> 
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Right, and 7.5 will ship with tcp and localhost enabled.
> 
> If the default will be to listen on all interfaces, not just 127.0.0.1,
> then this IS a security risk. And if that's not the plan, what good does
> this change do? Any "real" use of tcp would still require a 
> configuration
> change anyway.

Consider a program using JDBC on localhost. It can only reach to
PostgreSQL via TCP/IP.
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Tatsuo Ishii