Re: MD5

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: Jamie Deppeler <jamie(at)doitonce(dot)net(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MD5
Date: 2004-12-16 23:15:53
Message-ID: 20041216231553.GA8488@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:41:22AM +1100, Jamie Deppeler wrote:

> 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

MD5 returns a hash, not an encrypted string that could later be
decrypted. For an encryption mechanism see contrib/pgcrypto.

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Michael Fuhr
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