Re: sha1, sha2 functions into core?

On 08/20/2012 05:12 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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> On 08/20/2012 07:08 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
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>> Moreover, as Josh just mentioned, anybody who
>> thinks it might be insufficiently secure for their purposes has got
>> plenty of alternatives available today (SSL certificates, PAM backed
>> by whatever-you-want, etc).
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> Yeah, I think we need to emphasize this lots more. Anyone who wants
> really secure authentication needs to be getting away from password
> based auth altogether. Another hash function will make very little
> difference.

Actually, I concede here. If we were pushing our other abilities more 
visibly, I don't know that this argument would ever come up.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



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> cheers
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> andrew
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