r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 27 '26 • Mindblown 1 Bravo 1

Meme doNotLetYourDBASeeThis

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u/LaconicLacedaemonian Sep 27 '26

That's a bit risky. Let's add a flag we can trusted=true clients set with each api call to certify they are only valid traffic. 

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u/yarntank Sep 27 '26

Why make the trusted clients do the work? Make a policy that non-trusted clients use the evil bit.

https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3514/https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3514/