Re: password_encryption default

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> We didn't get anywhere with making the default authentication method in 
> a source build anything other than trust.  But perhaps we should change 
> the default for password_encryption to nudge people to adopt SCRAM? 
> Right now, passwords are still hashed using MD5 by default, unless you 
> specify scram-sha-256 using initdb -A or similar.

I think what that was waiting on was for client libraries to become
SCRAM-ready.  Do we have an idea of the state of play on that side?

            regards, tom lane