| From: | darcy(at)druid(dot)net (D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain) |
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| To: | brett(at)work(dot)chicken(dot)org (Brett McCormick) |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)PostgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Solution to the pg_user passwd problem !?? (c) |
| Date: | 1998-02-19 17:55:45 |
| Message-ID: | m0y5aCH-00001gC@druid.net |
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Thus spake Brett McCormick
> Have we considering using the unix crypt function for passwords? That
> way it wouldn't matter (as much) if people saw the password, and would
> still be (somewhat less) secure.
That's what I do. I have both a Tcl and a Python function to encrypt
the password and that's how I store them. You still want to protect
them somewhat but it isn't quite as critical as plain tex passwords.
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D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy(at){druid|vex}.net> | Democracy is three wolves
http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on
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