Re: Re: Proposal for encrypting pg_shadow passwords

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> BTW, a protocol version bump for this is a horrid idea.  That will
>> create lots of compatibility problems for people, whether they use
>> the new auth mode or not.

> I thought protocol bumps were the way to handle such things.  The SCM
> patch does it as well.  How should I tell if I am talking to a >=7.2
> client?

You send it the new auth request code and see if it copes or not.
There's no need to bump the overall protocol version, and every reason
*not* to.

            regards, tom lane