Re: Re: Proposal for encrypting pg_shadow passwords

> On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > > > I don't follow this argument. You added a config option that toggles
> > > > whether to use the old crypt(3) method or the new md5 method.
> > >
> > > ?? If the config option works like that, I think it's wrong. There
> > > shouldn't *be* a config option, unless it's one that turns off MD5
> > > because the platform hasn't got int64 support. An MD5-enabled server
> > > or client must still be able to do crypt too, in order to speak to
> > > older clients or servers.
> >
> > Sorry, when I said config, I meant pg_hba.conf. Was that unclear?
> >
> > Also, I will replace md5.c with pgcrypto/md5.c.
>
> what's the difference?

People say the current md5.c assumes 64bit integers.

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