Re: SHA-1 vs MD5 - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Andrej Ricnik-Bay
Subject Re: SHA-1 vs MD5
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Msg-id b35603930703071231s39f262f0r780a771388376da6@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: SHA-1 vs MD5  (Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>)
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On 3/8/07, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca> wrote:
> What is the problem you're trying to solve?  Md5 is probably good
> enough for many cases, but for long-term use, you're right that sha-1
> is what you need.  Actually, you need sha-256, quite frankly.
Looking at his last mail he's after a password hash.

To the OP:
Currently there's no support in pg for sha algorithms, but you
could always implement those in your application and store
the hash in pg that way.



Cheers,
Andrej


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