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Re: PostgreSQL v7.2 Final Release

Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@bayour.com>

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From: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@bayour.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-02-07T15:04:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Quoting "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>:

> For Immediate Release				February 5th, 2002
> 
>    Security
>            A new MD5 encryption option allows more secure storage and
>            transfer of passwords. A new Unix-domain socket authentication
>            option is available on Linux and BSD systems.

First question:

        Is this backport(-able/-ed) to 7.1.3?

Second question:

        Is 7.2 ready for production?