public inbox for [email protected]  

help / color / mirror / Atom feed

From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Error in 18.4 release notes
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 18:13:27 -0400
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

PG Doc comments form <[email protected]> writes:
> The 18.4 release notes say this: "Use timing-safe string comparisons in
> authentication code (Michael Paquier) Use timingsafe_bcmp() instead of
> memcpy() or strcmp() when checking passwords, ..."

> I think that should be memcmp() instead of memcpy().

Sigh, you're right --- that's my thinko.  Will fix in git for posterity's
sake, though the notes are already out and probably no-one will care
anymore by the time of the next release.

			regards, tom lane

reply

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
  reply via email

  To: [email protected]
  Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
  Subject: Re: Error in 18.4 release notes
  In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

This inbox is served by agora; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox