| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>, Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PATCH: warn about, and deprecate, clear text passwords |
| Date: | 2025-03-03 18:47:27 |
| Message-ID: | 4061037.1741027647@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I wonder if we could drum up some support for not including any
> version of the password (even encrypted) in the query string. For
> instance, let's say that to change your password you have to use the
> new CHANGE PASSWORD command which can only be used at top level (not
> inside PL code or whatever) and always takes a single parameter that
> must be supplied via the extended query protocol.
How would pg_dumpall cope with transferring passwords then?
I could see insisting that plain-text passwords be supplied only
that way. But removing the ability to have encrypted passwords
in-line seems like a serious operational problem with little benefit.
regards, tom lane
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