| From: | Jorge Godoy <jgodoy(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)007Marketing(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, DEV <dev(at)umpa-us(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Database users Passwords |
| Date: | 2006-10-17 19:00:05 |
| Message-ID: | 873b9mlqdm.fsf@gmail.com |
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Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)007Marketing(dot)com> writes:
> What Dev would want to look for (probably create) is a small script that will
> read his list of crypt passwords and un-crypt them into a create role string
> that is fed to psql.
Except that the hash used is unidirectional, i.e., there's no way to decrypt
it besides a brute force attack or something like that.
If he's got, e.g., 10 users with strong passwords this kind of thing can take
some weeks.
--
Jorge Godoy <jgodoy(at)gmail(dot)com>
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