PostgreSQL: Credcheck version 2.2 released

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Antananarivo, Madagascar - September 16, 2023

PostgreSQL credcheck extension

The credcheck PostgreSQL extension provides few general credential checks, which will be evaluated during the user creation, during the password change and user renaming. By using this extension, we can define a set of rules:

• allow a specific set of credentials
• reject a certain type of credentials
• deny password that can be easily cracked
• enforce use of an expiration date with a minimum of day for a password
• define a password reuse policy
• define the number of authentication failure allowed before a user is banned

Release v2.2 adds a new feature, fixes a major bug with null passwords and fixes some issues reported by users since last release.

• Add new GUC variable credcheck.whitelist that can be used to set a comma separated list of username to exclude from the password policy check. For exampl...

Get the full details here: PostgreSQL: Credcheck version 2.2 released