Re: Proposal: Support custom authentication methods using hooks

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, samay sharma <smilingsamay(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposal: Support custom authentication methods using hooks
Date: 2022-03-02 15:01:59
Message-ID: 2978762.1646233319@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> * Bruce Momjian (bruce(at)momjian(dot)us) wrote:
>> What is the logic to removing md5 but keeping 'password'?

> I don't think we should keep 'password'.

I don't see much point in that unless we deprecate *all* the
auth methods that transmit a cleartext password.

regards, tom lane

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