Re: [GENERAL] FW: Configuring Postgres to use unix sockets

2005-09-09 Thread Tom Lane
Douglas McNaught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You could also enforce use of the > private network (in both cases) by use of firewall rules. I think the real point here is that any additional security you gain comes from having the physically separate wire. It's foolish to suppose that using a no

Re: [GENERAL] FW: Configuring Postgres to use unix sockets

2005-09-09 Thread Douglas McNaught
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi John, > > Unix sockets are a presentation layer interface to TCP/IP. You're not > avoiding it by using them. That's not true. Unix sockets are fundamentally different and do not use TCP/IP at all. They have their own namespace (in the Unix filesystem) and go thro

Re: [GENERAL] FW: Configuring Postgres to use unix sockets

2005-09-09 Thread Richard_D_Levine
Hi John, Unix sockets are a presentation layer interface to TCP/IP. You're not avoiding it by using them. Rick "John Zubac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [GENERAL] FW: Configuring Postgres to use unix sockets

2005-09-09 Thread Douglas McNaught
"John Zubac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Everyone > > I am not too sure how to do this but I'll ask > > I want two postgres servers to communicate over a serial port. I want to > avoid using the TCP/IP network protocol for added security. I heard this > can be accomplished through unix socket

[GENERAL] FW: Configuring Postgres to use unix sockets

2005-09-09 Thread John Zubac
Title: FW: Configuring Postgres to use unix sockets Hi Everyone I am not too sure how to do this but I'll ask I want two postgres servers to communicate over a serial port. I want to avoid using the TCP/IP network protocol for added security. I heard this can be accomplished through unix