Re: User to get locked after three wrong login attempts.

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: User to get locked after three wrong login attempts.
Date: 2018-09-05 22:18:38
Message-ID: 1ea8bec3-1d0b-b69f-cbc0-c936860696f4@gmail.com
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On 09/05/2018 05:14 PM, Craig James wrote:
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> To elaborate, you should explain to the auditor that this introduces a
> huge denial-of-service vulnerability into your system. Anyone can start
> hammering on everyone else's accounts, and with a fairly trivial script,
> lock the entire company out of all accounts. This is a terrible idea.

And be tracked down (relatively) quickly.

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