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From: tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org
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Subject: pgsql/ oc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml rc/backend/lib ...
Date: 2001-09-21 17:06:13
Message-ID: 200109211706.f8LH6Di72621@postgresql.org
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Module name: pgsql
Changes by: tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org 01/09/21 13:06:12

Modified files:
doc/src/sgml : runtime.sgml
src/backend/libpq: pqsignal.c
src/backend/postmaster: postmaster.c
src/backend/storage/lmgr: proc.c
src/backend/tcop: postgres.c
src/backend/utils/misc: guc.c postgresql.conf.sample
src/include/storage: proc.h

Log message:
Add an overall timeout on the client authentication cycle, so that
a hung client or lost connection can't indefinitely block a postmaster
child (not to mention the possibility of deliberate DoS attacks).
Timeout is controlled by new authentication_timeout GUC variable,
which I set to 60 seconds by default ... does that seem reasonable?

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