| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian *EXTERN* <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, mlortiz <mlortiz(at)uci(dot)cu> |
| Subject: | Re: Rejecting weak passwords |
| Date: | 2009-10-19 11:51:15 |
| Message-ID: | 1255953075.19430.31.camel@fsopti579.F-Secure.com |
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On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 09:14 +0200, Albe Laurenz wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Great, added to TODO:
> >
> > Allow server-side enforcement of password policies
> >
> > Password checks might include password complexity or non-reuse of
> > passwords. This facility will require the client to send the password to
> > the server in plain-text, so SSL and 'password' authentication is
> > necessary to use this features.
>
> I don't get why you need 'password' authentication for that.
> The point where the password should be checked is not when
> the user uses it to logon, but when he or she changes it.
>
> So in my opinion that should be:
> This facility will require to send new and changed password to
> the server in plain-text, so it will require SSL, and the use
> of encrypted passwords in CREATE/ALTER ROLE will have to be
> disabled.
Note that this solution will still not satisfy the original checkbox
requirement.
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