Re: Applet - JDBC?

>>[pg_hba.conf]
>>...
>># TYPE  DATABASE    USER        CIDR-ADDRESS          METHOD
>>
>># "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
>>local   all         all                               trust
>># IPv4 local connections:
>>local    all    postgres            trust
>>host    all     postgres         127.0.0.1    255.255.255.255          trust
>>host    all    all    0.0.0.0/0    trust
>># IPv6 local connections:
>>#host    all         all         ::1/128               trust
>>
>>
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>
>Your pg_hba.conf is missing a line that corresponds to the interface to the world
>of the network card.
>
>You should add a line for the subnet your computer is connected to, for example:
>
>host    all         all         172.17.1.87       255.255.248.0     md5
>
>This is for the connection from all computers in my subnet with md5 password-authentication.
>If you do not use localhost as hostname in the connection string, this is needed even
>for local connections.
>
>

scary, however, is...

   host    all    all    0.0.0.0/0    trust

I read that to say, trust anyone from any IP to be anyone they say they want to be.

wouldn't that trump your subnet md5 line ?