Re: Rejecting weak passwords

From: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>
To: Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Rejecting weak passwords
Date: 2009-10-01 14:08:57
Message-ID: 20091001140857.GG586@oak.highrise.ca
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* Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> [091001 08:54]:
> In the discussion following
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-09/msg01766.php
> the consensus was that a hook that allows you to implement
> a password checking routine as a module "would not hurt".
>
> So here's the patch.
> I don't think there is documentation required;
> correct me if I am wrong.

Can we have the check password hook function called in both the
plaintext/encrypted case, with a flag as to whether it's encrypted or
not?

a.

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