libpq: passwords WAS: scripting & psql issues

From: Daniel Martini <dmartini(at)uni-hohenheim(dot)de>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: libpq: passwords WAS: scripting & psql issues
Date: 2004-08-19 07:30:37
Message-ID: 1092900637.4124571d0cbd2@webmail.uni-hohenheim.de
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Hello list,

Citing Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>:
> The problem here is that the password can't be stored one-way-hash
> digested, because the cleartext version is needed to be sent to the
> server.

Actually why this is so has been a question for me for some time now, too.
Did just nobody have the time / idea to implement support for sending
hashed passwords to the server, or are there serious difficulties involved
with this, and I don't see them?

Regards,
Daniel

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