Re: MD5 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tino Wildenhain
Subject Re: MD5
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Msg-id 1103240237.5337.159.camel@Andrea.peacock.de
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In response to MD5  (Jamie Deppeler <jamie@doitonce.net.au>)
Responses Re: MD5
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Hi,

Am Freitag, den 17.12.2004, 09:41 +1100 schrieb Jamie Deppeler:
> Hi,
>
> I was just wondering is it possible to encrypt a filed in the database
> with md5? i know it is possible to do it with DB users

No. You cannot encrypt with md5 because you cant decrypt.
md5 is a hash function. But you can use it any time to
hash values you insert.

Regards
Tino


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