Re: MD5 Authentication

Raimon Fernandez wrote:
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> On 05/11/2009, at 16:49, Rafael Martinez wrote:
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>>
>> The md5 authentication in PostgreSQL works this way:
>>
>> server -------------- 4-byte token ---------------------------> client
>> server <--- "md5" + md5(md5(password + username) + token) ---- client
>
> Where did gou get this ?
>
> I can't find it in the docs ...
>


From an e-mail from Tom Lane about this:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-novice/2003-05/msg00305.php

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