Re: crypt and MD5 - still not wanted

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: crypt and MD5 - still not wanted
Date: 2000-07-07 18:23:45
Message-ID: 11229.962994225@sss.pgh.pa.us
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If I recall the prior discussion, MD5 is OK, crypt is still risky,
because MD5 is not an encryption algorithm so it doesn't fall under
the US export laws.

I believe Vince V. is working on improving the password challenge
code to use MD5, btw.

regards, tom lane

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