Re: md5 again - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Vince Vielhaber
Subject Re: md5 again
Date
Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.21.0007111241110.97059-100000@paprika.michvhf.com
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In response to Re: md5 again  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Tom Lane wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > MD5(MD5(username+user_salt)+random_salt)
> 
> > Postmaster takes its pg_shadow MD5(username+user_salt) and does another
> > MD5 with the random salt and compares it with what was sent from the
> > client.
> 
> Doesn't seem quite right ... where's the password?

I had assumed Bruce was referring to the password with user_salt. 

Vince.
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