| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
|---|---|
| To: | Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, marcin mank <marcin(dot)mank(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, mlortiz(at)uci(dot)cu, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Rejecting weak passwords |
| Date: | 2009-09-28 23:10:13 |
| Message-ID: | 4AC14255.70207@dunslane.net |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 15:52 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>>> It takes about 32 hours to brute force all passwords from [a-zA-Z0-9]
>>> of up to 8 chars in length.
>>>
>> That would be a reason to limit the number of failed connection attempts
>> from a single source, then, rather than a reason to change the hash
>> function.
>>
>
> That doesn't solve the problem of an administrator brute-forcing your password.
>
>
>
>
Indeed. These brute force checkers aren't checking them by actually
trying the connection.
cheers
andrew
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Tom Lane | 2009-09-28 23:19:35 | Re: Rejecting weak passwords |
| Previous Message | Alvaro Herrera | 2009-09-28 23:02:34 | Re: TODO item: Allow more complex user/database default GUC settings |