From: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Re: Proposal for encrypting pg_shadow passwords |
Date: | 2001-08-15 23:59:45 |
Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.30.0108151954270.7165-100000@paprika.michvhf.com |
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian writes:
> >
> > > Attached please find:
> > >
> > > the original proposal to encrypt pg_shadow
> > > a diff of the current CVS
> > > two new files (backend/libpq/md5.c and include/libpq/md5.h)
> > > which implement MD5 encryption (from Vince with cleanups)
> >
> > I also see that the md5.c implementation does not use palloc and makes the
> > rather odd assumption that long int == unsigned64.
>
> That is from Vince's code, I think. Can you suggest a fix?
>
> > What's your rush? Is there a deadline now?
>
> I want to do SCM patch, then write presentation for LinuxWorld, and go
> to Linuxworld. Then we are at the end of August. Also, people need to
> do the Java MD5 code, and if I want that before we start 7.2 beta, I
> feel rushed.
Interesting... When I first put together a test version of the md5
stuff and asked this list to check it out on as many platforms as
possible I got one or two responses. I now know the only way to get
more than a couple of responses is to threaten the code be committed. :(
Vince.
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