On Sat, 6 May 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Sounds like a winner. Comments?
> >
> > Overlycomplicated?
> >
> > What was your objection to MD5 again?
>
> Also, MD5 is not ideal for passwords. Seems the standard unix-style
> password crypting is the standard, so it should be used to crypt our own
> passwords in pg_shadow. I am sure someone would find some problem with
> us using md5 for password storage.
FreeBSD uses MD5 by default since at least ver 2.2, possibly earlier.
> We already use the unix-style password crypt to send passwords over the
> wire. Why not use it for storage too?
Can ALL clients we support use it over the wire?
Vince.
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