Re: Should rolpassword be toastable? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 3:25 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> writes:
> > I don't mind proceeding with the patch if there is strong support for it.
> > I wavered only because it's hard to be confident that we are choosing the
> > right limit.
>
> I'm not that fussed about it; surely 256 is more than anyone is using?
> If not, we'll get push-back and then we can have a discussion about the
> correct limit that's informed by more than guesswork.

+1.

Next up is probably SCRAM-SHA-512, which should still have smaller
entries than that -- 222 bytes, I think, with 128-bit salts and a
5-digit iteration count?

--Jacob