Re: [HACKERS] Solution to the pg_user passwd problem !?? (c) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Phil Thompson wrote:

> How UNIX specific is crypt()? At the moment the same password can be
> used with clients that support crypt(), and send the password encrypted,
> and those that don't, and send the password in clear.
>
> If you want to store encrypted passwords then the encryption method used
> must be supported by all types of client - or be included as part of the
> PostgreSQL distribution.

To implement the current crypt authentication in the JDBC driver, we had
to supply a crypt class.

    src/interfaces/jdbc/postgresql/util/UnixCrypt.java

>
> Phil
>

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