| From: | "Hiroshi Saito" <z-saito(at)guitar(dot)ocn(dot)ne(dot)jp> |
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| To: | "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Subject: | Re: Encryption of .pgpass |
| Date: | 2006-05-09 16:29:18 |
| Message-ID: | 020e01c67385$b8606ed0$01324d80@hiroshi5jz7dqj |
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From: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> What is the point of this? It seems to be complicating life to little
> purpose (except storing passwords that will fail in non-MD5 password
> methods --- given that people are talking about replacing MD5, that
> doesn't seem like a good forward-looking idea).
Ahh, yes. It is "crypt" ,"ident" and "pam"...
I do not think that "passwd" should be used primarily.
Then, So, it is clear sufix of md5. It may be a narrower use.
However, I have simplified that it can use as a method of
hiding it. It is suggestion. Is it accepted by including "crypt"?
Thanks.
Regards,
Hiroshi Saito
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