Re: Storing passwords

In fact, there is an PostgreSQL FAQ item about encryption.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Christoph Dalitz wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 10:01:30 -0500
> > From: "Campano, Troy" <Troy(dot)Campano(at)LibertyMutual(dot)com>
> > >
> > > Is there a PostgreSQL function that allows you to store passwords, but it encrypts them?
> > > If not, are there any recommendations for storing passwords?
> > >
> > The easiest solution would be a stored procedure written in C that simply
> > calls the crypt() function (for details: "man crypt"). In that case you will
> > also need to store the "salt" with the encrypted password.
> >
> > Even if you have not yet written any stored procedure, it should be done
> > in less than two hours. See the documentation on "server side programming" for details.
>
> Also, see /contrib/pgcrypto for encryption routines.
>
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