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Re: Password Complexity Plugin

 

Hi Adam,

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Adam Scott <adam.c.scott@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed MySQL 5.6 has a validate_password plugin.  Since it's
> open-source, can we add it to MariaDB 5.5.  Or is that bad form, a hot
> potato, etc.?
>
> We need the features of this plugin in our environment, and the PAM
> integration is looking not a good "fit" (though it's working great).
>
> (I'm trying to get it to compile in right now, but it's having issues with
> the includes so far...working on it).
>

While you are at it, perhaps you can checkout some other candidates that
rolled out in 10.1.2 :
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/development/mariadb-internals-documentation/password-validation/

Best,
Nirbhay



> Thanks,
> Adam C. Scott
>
>
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