Re: Re: Proposal for encrypting pg_shadow passwords

On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > > I don't follow this argument.  You added a config option that toggles
> > > whether to use the old crypt(3) method or the new md5 method.
> >
> > ?? If the config option works like that, I think it's wrong.  There
> > shouldn't *be* a config option, unless it's one that turns off MD5
> > because the platform hasn't got int64 support.  An MD5-enabled server
> > or client must still be able to do crypt too, in order to speak to
> > older clients or servers.
>
> Sorry, when I said config, I meant pg_hba.conf.  Was that unclear?
>
> Also, I will replace md5.c with pgcrypto/md5.c.

what's the difference?

Vince.
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