[GENERAL] How psql source code can be protected?
Marius Pitigoi
Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap utility.
I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges) and this is what I want to avoid.
Thank you in advance,
Marius Pitigoi
Raymond O'Donnell
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap
> utility.
> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my
> functions code (they have root privileges) and this is what I want to
> avoid.
I don't think there's any way of doing this. There's been a good bit of
discussion of this topic in the past - see the archives.
In any case, since your hosting people have root privileges, there
probably isn't much you can do.... :-)
Ray.
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Erik Jones
On Jan 6, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Marius Pitigoi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap utility.
> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges) and this is what I want to avoid.
If you don't trust your hosting company then why are you doing business with them?
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Scott Marlowe
>
> On Jan 6, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Marius Pitigoi wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap utility.
>> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges) and this is what I want to avoid.
>
> If you don't trust your hosting company then why are you doing business with them?
This+++++
Joshua D. Drake
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Erik Jones <ejo...@engineyard.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 6, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Marius Pitigoi wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap utility.
> >> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges) and this is what I want to avoid.
> >
> > If you don't trust your hosting company then why are you doing business with them?
>
> This+++++
>
Bingo...
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David Fetter
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has
> wrap utility. I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server.
> But they can see my functions code (they have root privileges) and
> this is what I want to avoid.
The appropriate place to protect your IP is in legal agreements.
Cheers,
David.
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Merlin Moncure
<marius....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to protect psql source code? For example oracle has wrap
> utility.
> I want to deploy my DB on a hosting company server. But they can see my
> functions code (they have root privileges) and this is what I want to avoid.
It's impossible to do this if the company has access to the database
superuser account. If they have root access on the box there is no
real effective way from keeping them from using that account (your
main line of defense is pg_hba.conf which they can simply adjust).
If you limit them to a restricted account you can prevent casual
browsing of your procedure code by revoking select access from pg_proc
from that account and 'public'.
merlin