Re: PATCH: warn about, and deprecate, clear text passwords

From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>, Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PATCH: warn about, and deprecate, clear text passwords
Date: 2026-01-09 14:57:26
Message-ID: CAKAnmm+5Yi1uSmmjGop2Gz28PRzWAuxL9LZQMuccHoC588C3YQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> One of the main reasons I'm not totally sold on a clear-text password
> warning is because we don't have
> agreement on removing that ability anytime soon, not to mention
> Bruce's point about the debate extending into mid-March.
>

Okay, we are now safely past last March :). Any further thoughts on this?
My preference is still warn by default, but I could also be on board with
ignore by default.

Nathan, I'm not sure that having a concrete resolve to someday remove
cleartext passwords should be a blocker to warning now that they are a bad
idea, but open to discussion there.

Cheers,
Greg

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