| From: | Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | marcin mank <marcin(dot)mank(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, mlortiz(at)uci(dot)cu, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Rejecting weak passwords |
| Date: | 2009-09-28 23:01:57 |
| Message-ID: | 1254178917.22854.3.camel@monkey-cat.sm.truviso.com |
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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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