| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: crypt and null termination |
| Date: | 2001-08-17 03:09:32 |
| Message-ID: | 200108170309.f7H39Wd09194@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> > and conn.salt is char[2]. Isn't this a problem?
>
> I don't think it is. Note that it refers to the salt as a "character
> array", not a string. Also, since '_' isn't in the allowed encoding
> set, it can tell the difference between a 9-byte salt and a 2-byte
> salt without a terminating NUL.
I didn't pick up that array item.
Anyway, the patch is small so I will apply it. There is no telling what
OS's expect a character string there.
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