Re: BUG #5687: RADIUS Authentication issues

Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 00:52, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> [ scratches head ... ]  I don't see the problem.

> I think he's referring to the ability to flood the postgresql server
> with radius packets with spoofed IP source, correct?

Hm ... seems to me that is a network security problem, not our problem.
Who's to say one of the spoofed packets won't pass verification?

> If we then looped
> until we got one that validated as a proper packet, we'd still be able
> to authenticate with that one, just throwing the invalid ones away.
> Notice how the "read packet" part is moved inside the loop in his
> suggestion.

If you want to change it, I won't stand in the way, but I have real
doubts about both the credibility of this threat and the usefulness
of the proposed fix.

            regards, tom lane