Re: [HACKERS] Changing references of password encryption to hashing

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Changing references of password encryption to hashing
Date: 2023-11-22 21:28:51
Message-ID: ZV5yk4Eh1E9NDe8D@momjian.us
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 12:52:23PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2023-11-21 22:43:48 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Is there any interest in fixing our documentation that says encrypted
> > when it means hashed? Should I pursue this?
>
> What's the point of randomly reviving threads from 6 years ago, without any
> further analysis?

Well, I feel like this is an imporant change, and got dropped because it
was determined to not be a new change in Postgres 10. Still I think it
should be addressed and am looking to see if others feel the same.

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