Re: PG 14 release notes, first draft - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: PG 14 release notes, first draft
Date
Msg-id 20210513032606.GE11075@momjian.us
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In response to Re: PG 14 release notes, first draft  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
Responses Re: PG 14 release notes, first draft
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On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 06:19:28PM -0400, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> > I am hesitant to merge them since they are different changes.
> 
> Different?  The commit IDs look pretty similar to me, not to say exactly
> identical.
> 
> Reading these, it's pretty unclear what password_encryption *is* in the
> first place.  The item should say "the password_encryption server
> parameter" -- that's what we have in the pg10 note for precursor commit
> eb61136dc.
> 
> I would suggest 
> 
> <para>
>  Change the default of the password_encryption server parameter to
>  scram-sha-256.
> </para>
> 
> <para>
>  Also, the legacy (and undocumented) boolean-like values which were
>  previously synonyms of <literal>md5</literal> are no longer accepted.
> </para>

OK, updated text:

    <listitem>
    <!--
    Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
    2020-06-10 [c7eab0e97] Change default of password_encryption to scram-sha-256
    -->
    
    <para>
    Change the default of the password_encryption server parameter
    to scram-sha-256 (Peter Eisentraut)
    </para>
    
    <para>
    Previously it was md5.    All new passwords will be stored as SHA256
    unless this server variable is changed or the password is already
    md5-hashed.  Also, the legacy (and undocumented) boolean-like
    values which were previously synonyms of <literal>md5</literal>
    are no longer accepted.
    </para>
    </listitem>

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