Re: password_encryption default - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: password_encryption default
Date
Msg-id 25295.1590156804@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to password_encryption default  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: password_encryption default  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> We didn't get anywhere with making the default authentication method in 
> a source build anything other than trust.  But perhaps we should change 
> the default for password_encryption to nudge people to adopt SCRAM? 
> Right now, passwords are still hashed using MD5 by default, unless you 
> specify scram-sha-256 using initdb -A or similar.

I think what that was waiting on was for client libraries to become
SCRAM-ready.  Do we have an idea of the state of play on that side?

            regards, tom lane



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