Re: brute force attacking the password - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From C. Bensend
Subject Re: brute force attacking the password
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Msg-id 4082.134.244.169.17.1113858871.squirrel@webmail.stinkweasel.net
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In response to Re: brute force attacking the password  (Dawid Kuroczko <qnex42@gmail.com>)
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> And dangerous.  Imagine a system with say, apache accound used
> from some Apache application.  And a maluser who purposefully
> tries to log in to "apache" account and fails, thus causing a DoS
> on the web application. :)

Yes, I absolutely agree.  Any scheme of the sort would have some
risks.  And a risk I might be willing to take, might not be
acceptable for others.

> ...of course with careful planning and right implementation it
> would be very good.

And this is where I lay my trust in the PostgreSQL developers.  I
am no power user, but I certainly appreciate the impressive
quality of the software.  Thanks, folks.  :)

Benny


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