| From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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| To: | Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, mlortiz <mlortiz(at)uci(dot)cu>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> |
| Subject: | Re: Rejecting weak passwords |
| Date: | 2009-10-14 22:02:24 |
| Message-ID: | 937d27e10910141502ye3dac17m66574e054b51502d@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Kevin Grittner
<Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>
>> No. Any checks at the client are worthless, as they can be bypassed
>> by 10 minutes worth of simple coding in any of a dozen or more
>> languages.
>
> Well, sure, but we're talking about a client going out of their way to
> wrestle the point of the gun toward their own foot, aren't we? If
> we're worried about the user compromising their own password, we have
> bigger problems, like that slip of paper in their desk drawer with the
> password written on it. I mean, I know some of these checklists can
> be pretty brain-dead (I've been on both sides of the RFP process many
> times), but it would seem over the top to say that client-side
> password strength checks aren't OK for the reason you give.
See my previous comment about dates. Check-box items aside, I have
absolutely no desire to try to give the illusion of a security
feature, when in reality any user could easily bypass it.
--
Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
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