Re: pgcrypto docs

On Wed, Dec  4, 2013 at 12:42:08PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Tue, May  7, 2013 at 03:47:43PM -0700, Miles Elam wrote:
> > Personally I've found the relative times instructive, merely outdated.  Perhaps
> > using md5 as a baseline and evaluating estimates relative to that baseline?
> >
> > md5 = 1
> > sha1 = 4
> > crypt-des = 7
> > crypt-md5 = 1,000
> > crypt-bf/5 = 12,500
> > crypt-bf/6 = 25,000
> > crypt-bf/7 = 50,000
> > crypt-bf/8 = 100,000
> >
> > This way, with the caveat that performance will vary from machine to machine,
> > there is a sense of the relative costs of using each algorithm, which does not
> > change as wildly with time.  It lets people know how bad md5 and sha1 are for
> > protecting passwords et al.  It also demonstrates that each turn of blowfish in
> > this module effectively doubles the time needed to crack and halves the number
> > of hashes one can perform.
> >
> > In short, I'd hate for the baby to be thrown out with the bathwater.
>
> I have used your new testing times, plus added these relative
> measurements, which shoud give us the best of both worlds.  Patch
> attached; you can see the results here:


Patch applied.  Thanks.  I updated the patch to say Intel i3..

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