Tag Archives: security

Source Code Security

Posted on March 31, 2015 by way0utwest

I’m not surprised, and I had expected to read about something like this much sooner. Apparently someone at the ride sharing company, Uber, posted a security key online in a GitHub distribution. I assume this was some sort of code repository … Continue reading →

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ALTER SCHEMA TO ADD PERMISSIONS

Posted on March 18, 2015 by way0utwest

I’m sure some of you have wanted to do this: ALTER SCHEMA Steve AUTHORIZATION Steve You realize this doesn’t work, and you can’t grant the user Steve, rights to his schema after it’s created. You can do this: CREATE SCHEMA … Continue reading →

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Allowing a User to Create Objects in a Schema

Posted on March 12, 2015 by way0utwest

I was testing something the other day and realized this was a security area I didn’t completely understand. I decided to write a few posts to help me understand the issues. I want to give a developer rights to create … Continue reading →

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Data Breach Danger

Posted on March 12, 2015 by way0utwest

Recently a court in the US ruled that there was no imminent danger from a data breach at a Texas hospital. This is good news and bad news for the world, and I’m a little torn about how I feel. On one … Continue reading →

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