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From: Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>
To: Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Credcheck- credcheck.max_auth_failure
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:00:45 -0500
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On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 1:44 PM Ron Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Isn't this a pretty common password setting?  I know that for at least 35
> years, and going back to the VAX/VMS days I've been  locked out for X hours
> if I typed an invalid password.  Same on Windows and I think also Linux
> (though ssh public keys and clients remembering passwords mean that rarely
> happens to me).


Not in the same way, no. There are tools/policies that will stop one from
connecting endlessly from the same IP. Certainly on Linux, you can try over
and over. Matter of fact, here's a random Linux test box I have on the
internet, and logging in to root just gave me this message today:

*Last login: Tue Dec  3 19:12:22 EST 2024 on pts/0 *
*There were 79522 failed login attempts since the last successful login*

:)

Cheers,
Greg


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