Re: [HACKERS] Changing references of password encryption to hashing - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Changing references of password encryption to hashing
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Msg-id ZWX/Y5napgIxs6VA@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Changing references of password encryption to hashing  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Greetings,

* Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) wrote:
> Is there any interest in fixing our documentation that says encrypted
> when it means hashed?  Should I pursue this?

I do think we should use the correct terminology in our documentation
and would support your working on improving things in this area.

I do wonder if perhaps we would be better off by having someone spend
time on removing terribly insecure authentication methods like md5 and
ldap though ...

Thanks,

Stephen

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