Re: Not storing MD5 hashed passwords - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Not storing MD5 hashed passwords
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Msg-id 561ECDFC.8030505@commandprompt.com
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In response to Not storing MD5 hashed passwords  ("Quiroga, Damian" <damian.quiroga@intel.com>)
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On 10/14/2015 01:31 PM, Quiroga, Damian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In case someone knows…
>
> Does postgres support other (stronger) hashing algorithms than MD5 to
> store the database passwords at disk?

No.

>
> If not, is there any plan to move away from MD5?

Not currently although it has been mentioned. However, you can use PAM
or any number of other auth mechanisms to achieve the desired result.

JD

>
> Thanks,
>
> Damian
>


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