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Re: [HACKERS] Here it is - view permissions]

Zeugswetter Andreas IZ5 <andreas.zeugswetter@telecom.at> — 1998-02-23T17:23:03Z

>> > > Why does views default to 'select' permission for 'public'?
>> > > I think most people will never think of the possibility that others
>> > > will be able to SELECT their data through views.
>> > > Should not 'create view' at least print a NOTICE about this?
>> > 
>> > 	Considering how much security we are putting around everything
>> > else, is it unreasonably to have both 'create view'/'create table'
default
>> > to 'revoke all' to public, and 'grant all' to owner?
>> 
>> Most commercial databases don't do this.
>
>	Well, just checked with Wayne (My Oracle Guru) and in Oracle,
>everything is private by default, and you open it up as required/desired
>to other ppl...

Hate to say this, but ANSI says the default has to be no rigths for public.
Informix has a separate config parameter to enforce this. I use this
parameter. (NODEFDAC=yes)
I still think this is a non issue, since the paranoid under us (like myself
on sensitive data) will always
revoke all on <new table> from public; first thing after the create table
just to be sure.

Andreas