Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1v0wQV-002hVt-FV for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:22:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1v0wQT-003z27-7w for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:22:57 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1v0wQS-003z1z-S9 for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:22:56 +0000 Received: from mail-ej1-x62a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::62a]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1v0wQP-002KID-08 for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:22:56 +0000 Received: by mail-ej1-x62a.google.com with SMTP id a640c23a62f3a-b28e1b87aa7so360923966b.3 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:22:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cybertec.at; s=google; t=1758608573; x=1759213373; darn=lists.postgresql.org; h=mime-version:user-agent:content-transfer-encoding:references :in-reply-to:date:to:from:subject:message-id:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=3kQZkeJnBBFgF10KE/pi+wMGbZnyNGBwiWzu5uF/0js=; b=XpFAXrPrCXLhMEtTYd+Oco0gOt0Te6ztBxxDsurVQXiaSruXqjHHCYlm7Rwds893MP xM65k9PvXRiEfeZHofLTNXhxaXslj2/A6saz34NwPSeuMp3U8Yst+P9/rbQCUjtaujJu 5kEm6l8D0aIGdBKOHBWjgVAC28vJ0czwl+aDutA4HChiq6fa80SmKEhaJLn43Tq1e03W mjHvTS9rcZMk3OoAAT/e86W4rSdLHqgPDe5NYLY9MhQAMTTEgcbcQOmEQeBzLxFXf6Ca n58lboebTWZXXmZgkcq4Ga5tHYCCBhoIKX8qSYlA5zuSyB7j6scf+S6RlKGogS18CigL Y4uA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1758608573; x=1759213373; h=mime-version:user-agent:content-transfer-encoding:references :in-reply-to:date:to:from:subject:message-id:x-gm-message-state:from :to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=3kQZkeJnBBFgF10KE/pi+wMGbZnyNGBwiWzu5uF/0js=; b=i8oyZvIt5JcLz4s19xvuRNGncpJbG5dpvvUN5V0iczwmK01bo8jt/k2LkRRILhyPSM vQw+UkGRITJ/lhslRNs0qj4B85EHvX5wJC9MWJWDpiAvSR6rioeWMob5dEmRSDmOg/UV SlUGX8lscOcQr2+85eC0v+R3RhG4a5A47j7IM+KMovYS2byQiGpEF2/Vy41ZeQh4jqlK ESNV7thIsnWHwVQUvKaHHRcDqdVOlrW5Hoi01ps7w+0g7LVcxNwRtuMXZEg/wO1tB0l0 tzg/8dd9mcwzLN/Z53ACEod3fyxxXxWFXvMVkx4pIHm9JS6pPhgeBJas6qRQBmCZpD6O e3JA== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCWzxOoAqs6Vp3rbLWxiA1ugrR9+X4ZMyH0+fzG6LDSwDIiC0nNx7BK/61dYV9RjhwpFmvbKfrvQPvLvWA==@lists.postgresql.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yz0hXf+f5H6KHbi4fmBgKcjlbGd3fhbBQn24vEqWa5asnfWi8Rs Hrt8IxYTOKXPeqR19aqwIeZ7gKNWTOMYS1YX9l+7sRoN8kxcs32HERJ81Zw41v+X4u8= X-Gm-Gg: ASbGncs2Rjjgo+06mzwdbUxVnQWUm2fm9zimppEoDwJz+Y748IK5y3JjKQ8EJvAHXnq 8aUwRoZ+bGnspw7XBTgb8aAwS1yGz97uWXahiuLzhQO2fth4qziPwU7CdpPNKGOY/NSDJGD8q79 1rNI0Ziz6exhTpT5d+91SdkAJTUI72lDRLdjkKDCa9bWEeB6NK9XwZtMbh32pCfxghUGoy3x2cl quBg4NcmZ1TZS8NRVq8JXVR8kupRHOdIZk2CXBVjl5DR5Sup6HbE1Sosh1eqnKR77+ep6MSNd+n h6d2dteYnyCWMkcxRt2o2Y8Pzj0QQfZclS/6xRHJI2kSm5SyxditsOnV+XRtboS8Ayw2+3PaimU N9GPjlLJouU4xMBE0NdX/RfnErOvPdDdcjVa4QCc9PuNulWC3NFWeAvDb9fCUjkeF1lzc X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHSJ7/hpg+26X7GxAveSAabO4GnT8EsBIdHM305y8WuWOpS4QqJZE7J+MH9X5gCUR5BP/5EXA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:3f92:b0:b10:9e5d:d173 with SMTP id a640c23a62f3a-b302a07b5f7mr119377666b.41.1758608572508; Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:22:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from laurenz.albe-K4N0CV00F97414D ([41.66.99.143]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a640c23a62f3a-b2636394e32sm925064366b.16.2025.09.22.23.22.51 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:22:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: Anti virus scanning for Postgres database servers From: Laurenz Albe To: soumen rana , pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:22:51 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.56.2 (3.56.2-2.fc42) MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On Mon, 2025-09-22 at 13:03 -0700, soumen rana wrote: > This will mean that the Postgres Installation directories and files will = be > scanned by Microsoft Defender and quarantine any threats. >=20 > We have requested to exclude the data directories from the Antivirus scan= ning. > Is anyone aware of any performance,=C2=A0 operational, or data-loss relat= ed > challenges with Anti Virus scanning of Postgres binaries? I think that should be safe, at least until Microsoft starts to perceive PostgreSQL as a threat... Yours, Laurenz Albe