Re: password encryption

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Klaus Sonnenleiter <klaus(at)sonnenleiter(dot)com>
Cc: Tim Ellis <Tim(dot)Ellis(at)gamet(dot)com>, Stefan Fiel <fstefan(at)cable(dot)vol(dot)at>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: password encryption
Date: 2002-08-22 02:11:42
Message-ID: 200208220211.g7M2Bhr22874@candle.pha.pa.us
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See contrib/pg_crypto for encryption routines you can load into the
database.

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Klaus Sonnenleiter wrote:
> To protect your passwords effectively, you probably want them encrypted before
> they go on the wire, so you will need to put the encryption capability in the
> application, not in the database. This way you will only transmit and store
> encrypted data. Take a look at cryptix.org for some pretty good Java and Perl
> implementations.
>
> On Wednesday 21 August 2002 05:36, Tim Ellis wrote:
> > > i like to store passwords for a webapplication in my postgre database.
> > >
> > > now i'm searching for a way to encrypt the passwords, something like the
> > > function password() for mysql.
> >
> > I always run my passwords through md5sum(), which is an open source
> > implementation, and thus seems to've been written in every language out
> > there.
>
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