"Kevin Grittner" <kevin.gritt...@wicourts.gov> writes:
> Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> [ thinks... ]  Maybe we could have the postmaster generate a random
>> number at start and include that in both the postmaster.ports file
>> and its pg_ping responses.
 
> Unless two postmasters could open the same server socket within a
> microsecond of one another, a timestamp value captured on opening the
> server socket seems even better than a random number.

Well, that raises the question of whether postmaster uptime could be
considered security-sensitive info.  I'd still rather use a random
number.

                        regards, tom lane

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