Re: Proposal: Support custom authentication methods using hooks

On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 12:38:32PM -0500, Jonathan Katz wrote:
> On 3/3/22 12:23 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 10:45:42AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > On 02.03.22 16:45, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> > > > By that argument, we should have kept "password" (plain) as an
> > > > authentication method.
> > >
> > > For comparison, the time between adding md5 and removing password was 16
> > > years. It has been 5 years since scram was added.
> >
> > Uh, when did we remove "password". I still see it mentioned in
> > pg_hba.conf. Am I missing something?
>
> I may have explained this wrong. The protocol still supports "plain" but we
> removed the ability to store passwords in plaintext:
>
> "Remove the ability to store unencrypted passwords on the server
>
> "The password_encryption server parameter no longer supports off or plain.
> The UNENCRYPTED option is no longer supported in CREATE/ALTER USER ...
> PASSWORD. Similarly, the --unencrypted option has been removed from
> createuser. Unencrypted passwords migrated from older versions will be
> stored encrypted in this release. The default setting for
> password_encryption is still md5."

OK, that does make sense.

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