Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Client-side password encryption

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Client-side password encryption
Date: 2005-12-19 01:32:39
Message-ID: 200512190232.40457.peter_e@gmx.net
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Andreas Pflug wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
> > So did you just rip it from there into psql? I don't see it in the
> > list of libpq exports so if thats not the case, on Windows at least
> > we'll need to change the api, and possibly the dll name as well to
> > avoid any compatibility issues.
>
> And a prototype in libpq-fe.h wouldn't hurt either... And a macro, to
> enable distinguishing md5-enabled libpq versions from older versions.

So it appears that pg_md5_encrypt is not officially exported from libpq.
Does anyone see a problem with adding it to the export list and the
header file?

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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