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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 91 15:55:39 -0500
From: ppoh@Jade.Tufts.EDU
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> Hi,
> I am urged to have postgres installed as a standalone configuration. I dont know
> what to do to overcame the port concept in this case.

>>You can have exclusive access to Postgres just by not adding any users 
>>except yourself.  Only people explicitly added via createuser are permitted
>>to use the system.

I have a quick question about that. Because postgres does not do any kind
of network security check, can't anyone on the network who knows that
you're running postgres, compile libpq and access any of the postgres
data.

I was toying with postgres a few months ago and I seem to remember that I
was able to do that.

Paul.