> > What about DoS attacks?  What would be the effect of 
> > someone's setting off an infinite loop of CHECKPOINTs?
> 
> Don't we have bigger DoS attacks?  Certainly SELECT cash_out(1) is a
> much bigger one.

I've missed point - cash_out(1) is bug that should be fixed.
Any reason to add yet another gun?

Vadim

Fri, 26 Jan 2001 15:34:46 -0800
"Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev@SECTORBASE.COM>
RE: Permissions on CHECKPOINT
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> > > What about DoS attacks?  What would be the effect of 
> > > someone's setting off an infinite loop of CHECKPOINTs?
> > 
> > Don't we have bigger DoS attacks?  Certainly SELECT cash_out(1) is a
> > much bigger one.
> 
> I've missed point - cash_out(1) is bug that should be fixed.
> Any reason to add yet another gun?

True.  I just thought there were many bigger DoS areas.  Maybe I am
wrong.

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Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:36:24 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: Permissions on CHECKPOINT
Okay, okay, complaint withdrawn.  Peter, would you commit that
permission check?

			regards, tom lane

Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:12:52 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: Permissions on CHECKPOINT 