Re: BUG #8467: Slightly confusing pgcrypto example in docs

On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 04:05:50PM -0400, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> The changes shown below are incorrect, I think.
>
>
> On 10/2/13 12:00 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > *************** gen_salt(type text [, iter_count integer
> > *** 353,359 ****
> >          <entry>12 years</entry>
> >         </row>
> >         <row>
> > !        <entry><literal>md5</></entry>
> >          <entry>2345086</entry>
> >          <entry>1 day</entry>
> >          <entry>3 years</entry>
> > --- 358,364 ----
> >          <entry>12 years</entry>
> >         </row>
> >         <row>
> > !        <entry><literal>md5 hash</></entry>

Uh, the table already has a mention of md5 crypt above:

       <entry><literal>crypt-md5</></entry>

How can the later entry not be MD5 hash?

> >          <entry>2345086</entry>
> >          <entry>1 day</entry>
> >          <entry>3 years</entry>
> > *************** gen_salt(type text [, iter_count integer
> > *** 380,386 ****
> >       </listitem>
> >       <listitem>
> >        <para>
> > !       <literal>md5</> numbers are from mdcrack 1.2.
> >        </para>
> >       </listitem>
> >       <listitem>
> > --- 385,391 ----
> >       </listitem>
> >       <listitem>
> >        <para>
> > !       <literal>md5 hash</> numbers are from mdcrack 1.2.
> >        </para>
> >       </listitem>
> >       <listitem>
> > *************** gen_random_bytes(count integer) returns
> > *** 1343,1349 ****
> >         <entry>OpenBSD sys/crypto</entry>
> >        </row>
> >        <row>
> > !       <entry>MD5 and SHA1</entry>
> >         <entry>WIDE Project</entry>
> >         <entry>KAME kame/sys/crypto</entry>
> >        </row>
> > --- 1348,1354 ----
> >         <entry>OpenBSD sys/crypto</entry>
> >        </row>
> >        <row>
> > !       <entry>MD5 hash and SHA1</entry>
> >         <entry>WIDE Project</entry>
> >         <entry>KAME kame/sys/crypto</entry>
> >        </row>
>

Again, "MD5 crypt" is mentioned in the same table above:

      <entry>MD5 crypt</entry>

so how can this not be md5 hash?

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