Re: PostgreSQL Password Cracker - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Devrim GUNDUZ
Subject Re: PostgreSQL Password Cracker
Date
Msg-id 1041357022.958.18.camel@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL Password Cracker  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Re: PostgreSQL Password Cracker
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Hi,

On Sal, 2002-12-31 at 19:38, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> This is not a cracker, this is just a brute-force "try all possible
> passwords" search program (and a pretty simplistic one at that).

Ah, you're right.

> I'd say all this proves is the importance of choosing a good password.
> Using only lowercase letters is a *bad* idea, especially if you're only
> going to use five of 'em...

I had no time to search throug the code; but as far as I understood, it
*attacks* the database servers with TCP/IP on, right?

Best regards,
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Devrim GUNDUZ
www.gunduz.org
devrim@tr.net



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