Re: MD5-based passwords

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeremy Wohl <jeremyw-pgjdbc(at)igmus(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: MD5-based passwords
Date: 2001-11-08 17:37:58
Message-ID: 200111081737.fA8Hbw718897@candle.pha.pa.us
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> On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 12:27:53AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Hey folks,
> > >
> > > I don't see MD5-based password code in the JDBC CVS tree. Is anyone
> > > working on this?
> > >
> > > I'll take a stab, if not.
> >
> > There is no one working on it. ODBC needs it too. It wasn't on the
> > TODO list but I just added it.
> >
> > I can assist with any questions. See libpq for a sample implementation.
>
> OK, how about this? Someone will have to help me with appropriate exception
> behavior and where the bytesToHex util is placed.
>
> I'm not clear on the SendInteger(5 + .. code, seen elsewhere. Why isn't
> this (4 + ...?

OK, now that we have this, what do people want to do with it, 7.2 or
7.3? It is a feature addition to JDBC to allow MD5 encryption.

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