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Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 19:26:49 -0700
Message-ID: <1084760811.431715@yasure>


Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:

> "So Far". That's the problem with approaches such as patching to security.
> It assumes you know about the threat. What happens if someone tomorrow
> comes out with the Oracle version of slammer? You're in just as much
> trouble.

If they could ... they would ... they haven't. Draw your own conclusion.

Is Oracle impregnable? Of course not. But there is a magnitude or more of difference between the two environments. And lets be honest and also acknowledge that there aren't a lot of 16 year olds with HP/UX 11i, Solaris 2.9, or AIX 5L on their home machines. Sometimes security is implicit in the cost of the ante.

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