Re: MD5

From: Tino Wildenhain <tino(at)wildenhain(dot)de>
To: Jamie Deppeler <jamie(at)doitonce(dot)net(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MD5
Date: 2004-12-16 23:37:17
Message-ID: 1103240237.5337.159.camel@Andrea.peacock.de
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Hi,

Am Freitag, den 17.12.2004, 09:41 +1100 schrieb Jamie Deppeler:
> Hi,
>
> I was just wondering is it possible to encrypt a filed in the database
> with md5? i know it is possible to do it with DB users

No. You cannot encrypt with md5 because you cant decrypt.
md5 is a hash function. But you can use it any time to
hash values you insert.

Regards
Tino

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