Re: MD5 Authentication

Raimon Fernandez wrote:
> Hello again ...
>
>
> I'm trying to Authenticate to some PostgreSQL using MD5.
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> I can get the salt, for example:
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> A7 2E DB 2F
>

Hello

The md5 authentication in PostgreSQL works this way:

server -------------- 4-byte token ---------------------------> client
server <--- "md5" + md5(md5(password + username) + token)" ---- client

regards
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 Rafael Martinez, <r.m.guerrero@usit.uio.no>
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 University of Oslo, Norway

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