Re: [HACKERS] Updated TODO list

> Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> DB admin has no business knowing other's passwords. The current security
> >> scheme is seriously flawed.
>
> > But it is the db passwords, not the Unix passwords.
>
> I think the original point was that some people use the same or related
> passwords for psql as for their login password.
>
> Nonetheless, since we have no equivalent of "passwd" that would let a
> db user change his db password for himself, it's a little silly to
> talk about hiding db passwords from the admin who puts them in.
>
> If this is a concern, we'd need to add both encrypted storage of
> passwords and a remote-password-change feature.

Doing the random salt over the wire would still be a problem.

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