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

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: [HACKERS] CREATE/ALTER ROLE PASSWORD ('value' USING 'method')
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Msg-id CAB7nPqS8eB6z_GGEspKC1xuPpWCWcm1qi0oWD-0CN_Dg+ABk4A@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] CREATE/ALTER ROLE PASSWORD ('value' USING 'method')  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
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On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:00 AM, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> wrote:
> 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 ;-)

OK I'll spawn a new thread on the matter.
-- 
Michael



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