On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Kevin Grittner <kevin.gritt...@wicourts.gov> wrote: > Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote: > >> No. Any checks at the client are worthless, as they can be bypassed >> by 10 minutes worth of simple coding in any of a dozen or more >> languages. > > Well, sure, but we're talking about a client going out of their way to > wrestle the point of the gun toward their own foot, aren't we? If > we're worried about the user compromising their own password, we have > bigger problems, like that slip of paper in their desk drawer with the > password written on it. I mean, I know some of these checklists can > be pretty brain-dead (I've been on both sides of the RFP process many > times), but it would seem over the top to say that client-side > password strength checks aren't OK for the reason you give.
See my previous comment about dates. Check-box items aside, I have absolutely no desire to try to give the illusion of a security feature, when in reality any user could easily bypass it. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
