Re: [HACKERS] CREATE/ALTER ROLE PASSWORD ('value' USING 'method') - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joe Conway
Subject Re: [HACKERS] CREATE/ALTER ROLE PASSWORD ('value' USING 'method')
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Msg-id 98cafcd0-5557-0bdf-4837-0f2b7782d0b5@joeconway.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] CREATE/ALTER ROLE PASSWORD ('value' USING 'method')  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] CREATE/ALTER ROLE PASSWORD ('value' USING 'method')  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
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On 03/09/2017 06:34 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 7:59 AM, Michael Paquier
> <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, I agree with that for MD5, and after looking around I can see
>> (like here http://prosody.im/doc/plain_or_hashed) as well that
>> SCRAM-hashed is used. Now, there are as well references to the salt,
>> like in protocol.sgml:
>> "The salt to use when encrypting the password."
>> Joe, do you think that in this case using the term "hashing" would be
>> more appropriate? I would think so as we use it to hash the password.
>
> I'm not Joe, but I think that would be more appropriate.


I am Joe and I agree ;-)


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