From: Sergio A. Kessler <sak@tribctas.gba.gov.ar>
To: keke@mac.com
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Connecting remotely - multi tier
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:52:14 -0300
Message-ID: <SAK.2000.11.03.elpptshescdecaba@a.b.c> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19340927123446.8209@mail.gol.com>
keke abe <keke@mac.com> el día Fri, 3 Nov 2000 04:03:02 +0900, escribió:
>Adam Lang wrote:
>
>> Ok... so if I am writing a distributed application in windows that will
use
>> a Postgresql backend, I should have the client interface another "server"
>> application, which will inturn access/retrieve informaton from the
database?
>
>I'd like to know if this kind of layering is mandatory or not. Is it really
>unacceptable to expose the Posgresql backend to the rest of the world?
unacceptable /for me/.
>Is
>there anything that I should be aware of if I let the clients to talk to
>the backend directly.
security and integrity come to mind, but, of course, is up to you,
for me, this things are really important, wich may not be the case
for you ...
sergio
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