Tom Lane wrote:
> "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at> writes:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> Password checks might include password complexity or non-reuse of
> >> passwords. This facility will require the client to send the password to
> >> the server in plain-text, so SSL and 'password' authentication is
> >> necessary to use this features.
>
> > So in my opinion that should be:
> > This facility will require to send new and changed password to
> > the server in plain-text, so it will require SSL, and the use
> > of encrypted passwords in CREATE/ALTER ROLE will have to be
> > disabled.
>
> Actually, not one word of *either* version should be in TODO. All of
> that is speculation about policies that a particular add-on module
> might or might not choose to enforce.
Agreed, updated:
|Allow server-side enforcement of password policies|Password checks might include password complexity or non-reuse
ofpasswords. This facility will require the client to send passwordcreation/changes to the server in plain-text, not
MD5.
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