| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: SCRAM in the PG 10 release notes |
| Date: | 2017-09-22 12:54:02 |
| Message-ID: | 5ac598a1-bec3-e242-d89d-f78762350c5d@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 9/21/17 14:15, Jeff Janes wrote:
> This looks good to me. Might suggest adding verifying the clients as a
> specific step:
>
> "To upgrade an existing installation from md5 to scram-sha-256, verify
> that all client software supports it, set password_encryption =
> 'scram-sha-256' in postgresql.conf..."
I don't think there is a well-defined way of verifying whether all
client software supports it other than making the switch described and
then checking what breaks. So it's a bit of a circular process.
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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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