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| author | Bruce Momjian | 2009-10-03 23:10:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian | 2009-10-03 23:10:47 +0000 |
| commit | e99f626551fbc55ea3f3352485cf8126b6ba9204 (patch) | |
| tree | 77c5a2d3b1010e21f3d75a796a16696ec8b5e179 | |
| parent | 9972f3abd79bcd976a2a31e033e471d2f08d8784 (diff) | |
Document the purpose of the GUC listen_addresses.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index b834ae411c..a12a42b269 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -329,8 +329,14 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; at all, in which case only Unix-domain sockets can be used to connect to it. The default value is <systemitem class="systemname">localhost</>, - which allows only local <quote>loopback</> connections to be made. - This parameter can only be set at server start. + which allows only local <quote>loopback</> connections to be + made. While client authentication (<xref + linkend="client-authentication">) allows fine-grained control + over who can access the server, <varname>listen_addresses</varname> + controls which interfaces accept connection attempts, which + can help prevent repeated malicious connection requests on + insecure network interfaces. This parameter can only be set + at server start. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |