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Add an overall timeout on the client authentication cycle, so that

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a hung client or lost connection can't indefinitely block a postmaster
child (not to mention the possibility of deliberate DoS attacks).
Timeout is controlled by new authentication_timeout GUC variable,
which I set to 60 seconds by default ... does that seem reasonable?
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Tom Lane
2001-09-21 17:06:12 +00:00
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.82 2001/09/21 03:32:35 tgl Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.83 2001/09/21 17:06:12 tgl Exp $
-->
<Chapter Id="runtime">
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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>AUTHENTICATION_TIMEOUT</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Maximum time to complete client authentication, in seconds.
If a would-be client has not completed the authentication protocol
in this much time, the server unceremoniously breaks the connection.
This prevents hung clients from occupying a connection indefinitely.
This option can only be set at server start or in the
<filename>postgresql.conf</filename> file.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<indexterm>
<primary>deadlock</primary>