| From: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: crypt and MD5 - still not wanted |
| Date: | 2000-07-07 18:26:41 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.21.0007071426270.81653-100000@paprika.michvhf.com |
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On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> If I recall the prior discussion, MD5 is OK, crypt is still risky,
> because MD5 is not an encryption algorithm so it doesn't fall under
> the US export laws.
>
> I believe Vince V. is working on improving the password challenge
> code to use MD5, btw.
yep.
Vince.
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