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Re:Total security in a PostgreSQL database by tptacek on Saturday February 08, 2014 @07:13PM (#7203537)
No, that's not what I said. I didn't say you "can't add security later on". I said that you can't rely on database access control configuration to protect an application that hasn't been designed from scratch to do that. Most applications don't rely on database access control; they rely on the application server to protect the database.
Re:Total security in a PostgreSQL database by ako on Sunday February 09, 2014 @11:46AM (#7206024)
15 years ago, in client-server Era, relying on database Access control was the default. It's a shame that all that knowledge has mostly been forgotten, and most programmers don't actually know how to use a database.
Re:Total security in a PostgreSQL database by einhverfr on Saturday February 08, 2014 @10:19PM (#7204169)
Just because the application assumes it is trusted by the database doesn't mean the database has to trust the application.