Hi, --On Freitag, 25. Mai 2001 12:02 -0700 sean.upton@uniontrib.com wrote:
Right: there is no box root exploit issue, but if the ODB has a method that connects to your RDB and flushes out a table, in a non-transactional rdb, you are screwed if someone can, from an arbitrary client do this sort of thing.
Also, I would think that ZEO CS->ZSS type traffic would be best run on its own switched VLAN for security and performance reasons.
Vlans do not add considerable security. Since often the setup includes a firewall, one cant use them anyway in these cases. I think to solve the problem for arbitrary clients accessing ZODB we need an additionally layer on top of the application logic which can then be accessed via net using authorisation and such. We need this layer anyway for better application abstraction. But I fear this goes out of the scope of this thread. Regards Tino Wildenhain