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Re: Rejecting weak passwords

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>, Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, mlortiz <mlortiz@uci.cu>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2009-10-14T22:23:19Z
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.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