On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 12:09:28AM -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote: > Maybe a key management solution isn't required. If, instead of > strictly wrapping a language with an encryption layer, we provide > hooks (actors) that have the ability to operate on the function body > when it arrives and leaves pg_proc, we may sidestep the key problem > (leaving it to the user) and open up the doors to new functionality at > the same time.
I like this idea much better, because the same basic mechanism can be used for more than one thing, and it doesn't build in a system that is fundamentally weak. Of course, you _can_ build a weak system this way, but there's an important difference between building a fundamentally weak system and making weak systems possible. A ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
