| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: md5 again |
| Date: | 2000-07-11 16:49:59 |
| Message-ID: | 200007111649.MAA11496@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > MD5(MD5(username+user_salt)+random_salt)
Sorry, it is:
MD5(MD5(password+user_salt)+random_salt)
>
> > Postmaster takes its pg_shadow MD5(username+user_salt) and does another
> > MD5 with the random salt and compares it with what was sent from the
> > client.
>
> Doesn't seem quite right ... where's the password?
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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