Re: Maximum password length

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Alexander Kukushkin <cyberdemn(at)gmail(dot)com>, bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Maximum password length
Date: 2020-09-01 21:58:39
Message-ID: 186436.1598997519@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> ISTM that it's only going to be a matter of time before that will be
> exceeded. Why have a limit at all? Accept whatever StringInfo accepts.

Hmm, that would require some refactoring of simple_prompt for starters.
I agree there's no hard reason why we have to have any specific limit,
if we're willing to do that.

regards, tom lane

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