Re: add warning upon successful md5 password auth

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: add warning upon successful md5 password auth
Date: 2026-02-17 17:05:38
Message-ID: aZSf4sVYvSNCTcU5@nathan
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 07:08:17AM +0100, Andreas Karlsson wrote:
> After thinking more on the subject I have come around. I think warning spam
> (that can be disabled) is fine and why not introduce it directly in 19?

WFM

> As for the patch itself I think it looks good, but I am not a fan of the
> test code. Why not simply write like the below?
>
> test_conn($node, 'user=md5_role', 'md5', 0,
> log_like =>
> [qr/connection authenticated: identity="md5_role" method=md5/],
> expected_stderr =>
> [qr/authenticated with an MD5-encrypted password/])

No good reason. I've updated the patch.

--
nathan

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