Re: PostgreSQL Password Cracker

From: Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)tr(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Password Cracker
Date: 2002-12-31 17:50:20
Message-ID: 1041357022.958.18.camel@localhost.localdomain
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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,
--
Devrim GUNDUZ
www.gunduz.org
devrim(at)tr(dot)net

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