Re: Rejecting weak passwords - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: Rejecting weak passwords
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Msg-id 1254178917.22854.3.camel@monkey-cat.sm.truviso.com
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In response to Re: Rejecting weak passwords  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Rejecting weak passwords
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On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 15:52 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > It takes about 32 hours to brute force all passwords from [a-zA-Z0-9]
> > of up to 8 chars in length.
> 
> That would be a reason to limit the number of failed connection attempts
> from a single source, then, rather than a reason to change the hash
> function.

That doesn't solve the problem of an administrator brute-forcing your password.

Regards,Jeff Davis



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