Re: WIP: SCRAM authentication

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On 08/08/2015 06:27 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> terminology.  I think we should store (1) your password, either 
> encrypted or unencrypted; and (2) the method used to encrypt it.
> And that's it.

A petty complaint, but it has always bothered me that we say the
password is encrypted when, at least currently, it is a simple hash
(cryptographic hash yes, but not encrypted, and not even an HMAC). I
think we should try to start using accurate terminology.

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Joe Conway
Crunchy Data
Enterprise PostgreSQL
http://crunchydata.com
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