Re: Safe security

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-03-03T16:33:37Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Tim Bunce wrote:
> FYI the maintainers of Safe are aware of (at least) two exploits which
> are being considered at the moment.
>
> You might want to soften the wording in
> http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/plperl-trusted.html
> "There is no way to ..." is a stronger statement than can be justified.
>   

Perhaps "There is no way provided to ...".
> The docs for Safe http://search.cpan.org/~rgarcia/Safe-2.23/Safe.pm#WARNING
> say "The authors make no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the
> suitability of this software for safety or security purposes".
>
>
>   

Well, we could put in similar weasel words I guess. But after all, 
Safe's very purpose is to provide a restricted execution environment, no?

cheers

andrew