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Re: [HACKERS] Solution to the pg_user passwd problem !?? (c)

Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>

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From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
To: Brett McCormick <brett@work.chicken.org>
Cc: jwieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck), Andreas.Zeugswetter@telecom.at (Zeugswetter Andreas SARZ), pgsql-hackers@hub.org
Date: 1998-03-05T00:58:55Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Brett McCormick <brett@work.chicken.org> writes:

> Have we considering using the unix crypt function for passwords?  That
> way it wouldn't matter (as much) if people saw the password, and would
> still be (somewhat less) secure.

I would MUCH rather see MD5, salted with the username.

--Michael