| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Alastair Turner <minion(at)decodable(dot)me> |
| Cc: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Masahiko Sawada <masahiko(dot)sawada(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Proposed patch for key managment |
| Date: | 2020-12-19 20:22:34 |
| Message-ID: | 20201219202234.GJ28841@momjian.us |
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On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 11:58:37AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> My final point is that we can find ways to do what you are suggesting as
> an addition to what we are adding now. What we need is clear
> justification of why these additional features are needed. Requiring
> the use of a true random number generator is a valid argument, but we
> need to figure out, once this is implemented, who really wants that, and
> how to implement it cleanly.
I added a comment to this script to explain how to generate a true
random passphrase, attached.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> https://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB https://enterprisedb.com
The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness, Bruce Lee
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| pass_fd.sh | application/x-sh | 782 bytes |
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