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    <p>Having been confronted with some bold claims about PostgreSQL's insecurity (while hailing MySQL's security) I'd like to get someone else's opinion:</p> <ul> <li>"PostgreSQL is insecure because of multiselects" - I'd assume `multiselects` are what I'd call `subselects`, but I might be wrong. Current MySQL versions support subselects, but according to [1] some libraries might not support or might have disabled them. Could that be the reason for the claim or am I overlooking something here?</li> <li>"SQL injections are the easiest to exploit with PostgreSQL" - IMHO SQL injections are an application / library problem and are simply valid SQL queries, so there is no real difference between databases, right?!</li> <li>"I love PostgreSQL for getting root permissions as it has so many security holes" - first I'd assume PostgreSQL's security track record is about as good as MySQL's (couldn't really find much on this)? Secondly running PostgreSQL as root is simply a stupid idea. Or is there anything valid in this?</li> </ul> <p>I'd have said that PostgreSQL is more security aware than MySQL (supporting roles, more authentication methods,...), but that the database itself has generally a very limited impact on the security of an application. Or am I overlooking any arguments here?</p> <p>[1] <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2221787/is-mysql-more-resistant-to-sql-injection-attack-than-postgresql-under-perl-dbi/2221847#2221847">Is MySQL more resistant to SQL injection attack than PostgreSQL (under Perl/DBI)?</a></p> <p>PS: Both MySQL and PostgreSQL are great products - no need for any non-security related discussions ;-)</p>
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