Re: Crypto - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Crypto
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Msg-id 1253388961.17495.1.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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In response to Crypto  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 18:14 -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> Here's what came out for Mozilla, which, I hope you'll pardon my
> saying so, is a teensy tad more widely used than PostgreSQL has any
> plans to become.
> 
> http://www.internetnews.com/government/article.php/3839831/Mozilla+Firefox+Cleared+of+US+Export+Rules.htm
> 
> I suggest that we start by putting secure hashing algorithms into the
> core distribution so, should MD5 ever break, we have real
> alternatives, and not done in a panic.

OK, it's late here, but how do you get from that article to a need to
replace MD5?



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