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Re: Re: Encrypting pg_shadow passwords

Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>

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From: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg@redhat.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh@pop.jaring.my>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-06-26T18:52:56Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:30:11PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Haven't many systems (at least Linux and FreeBSD) switched from this
> > to other algorithms as default, like MD5? (and usually found in /etc/shadow)
> 
> Yes, most BSD's are MD5.  I wasn't sure about Linux.  If it is md5 by
> default that would remove many sites from using crypt in secondary
> password files already.

while freebsd is now defaulting to MD5, the core function is still crypt().

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