| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, mlortiz <mlortiz(at)uci(dot)cu>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Rejecting weak passwords |
| Date: | 2009-10-14 22:23:19 |
| Message-ID: | 7740.1255558999@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Well, you would lose anyway if the DBA switches the pg_hba.conf setting
> from md5 to password without telling you.
True :-(. Anybody for a zero-knowledge protocol?
(Realistically, non-password-based auth methods are the only real
solution here, I fear. We should probably be doing more to encourage
people to use SSL-cert-based authentication in low-trust situations.)
regards, tom lane
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