GreenSQL Database Firewall First to Protect PostgreSQL Databases
GreenSQL- December 2, 2009
GreenSQL has just announced that version 1.2 of its database firewall will provide PostgreSQL databases with the same protection from SQL Injection already enjoyed by MySQL databases. GreenSQL version 1.2 is now available for download as Open Source software from the company’s website at http://www.greensql.net/download
PostgreSQL is a popular Open Source database in wide use by small to medium-sized businesses. Currently, there is no solution, either Open or Closed Source, that provides a database firewall for PostgreSQL databases. As a result, they may be vulnerable to SQL injection attacks, one of the most widespread ways for gaining access to sensitive information stored in a database and/or taking control of a host server.
SQL injection, widely used by criminals, tricks Web applications into providing protected information from a database by exploiting existing queries such as user sign-in verifications to do things they weren’t designed to do. This technique was the method used in the attack on Heartland Payment Systems, where hackers broke into a database of millions of credit card numbers.
The GreenSQL database firewall already prevents SQL Injection attacks on the most popular Open Source database, MySQL. Since its first release 30 months ago, over 25,000 copies of its software have been downloaded, making it the most popular database firewall available, bar none. The addition of native protection from SQL Injection to PostgreSQL databases will broaden GreenSQL’s appeal even more.
More information about the company is available on its website at http://www.greensql.net
