| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Mark Dilger <hornschnorter(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: md5 still listed as an option in pg_hba.conf.sample |
| Date: | 2017-09-27 12:41:49 |
| Message-ID: | 7bc8ebeb-2898-1254-a73f-23f4b2c52f53@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 9/26/17 18:39, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 2:41 AM, Mark Dilger <hornschnorter(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I was under the impression that md5 was removed for this release, per other
>> threads that I must not have followed closely enough.
>
> md5 is still present, its configuration in pg_hba.conf and
> password_encryption are still here. "plain" is what has been removed.
More precisely, the ability to store passwords in plain text in
pg_authid has been removed. You can still use the authentication method
"password" that sends passwords in plain text over the wire.
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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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