Tom Lane wrote: > Devrim GUNDUZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Some guys from Turkey claim that they have a code to crack PostgreSQL > > passwords, defined in pg_hba.conf . > > > http://www.core.gen.tr/pgcrack/ > > This is not a cracker, this is just a brute-force "try all possible > passwords" search program (and a pretty simplistic one at that). > I'd say all this proves is the importance of choosing a good password. > Using only lowercase letters is a *bad* idea, especially if you're only > going to use five of 'em...
Yea, that was my reaction too. Hard to see how we can guard against this. If they had used 8 lowercase characters, it would have been 36 days, if 8 upper and lower case, it would be 494 days, 8 upper/lowercase with numbers, 38284 days. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
