| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Bruce Toback <btoback(at)mac(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal for encrypting pg_shadow passwords |
| Date: | 2001-06-26 03:40:43 |
| Message-ID: | 200106260340.f5Q3ehZ25797@candle.pha.pa.us |
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>
> On Monday, June 25, 2001, at 08:04 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > I assume we will use MD5 for encryption of pg_shadow passwords. The
> > letters "md5" will appear at the start of the password string and it
> > will be exactly 35 characters. Vince sent me the code. We
> > will need to
> > add MD5 capability to libpq, ODBC, and JDBC. (I hope JDBC will
> > not be a
> > problem.)
>
> JDK 1.1 and later has MD5 available; this shouldn't be a problem.
Well, that is certainly good to hear. I will need help.
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