| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Julian Markwort <julian(dot)markwort(at)uni-muenster(dot)de>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Valery Popov <v(dot)popov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_authid.rolpassword format (was Re: Password identifiers, protocol aging and SCRAM protocol) |
| Date: | 2016-12-14 18:12:05 |
| Message-ID: | 20161214181205.GB23459@momjian.us |
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:27:15AM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> I would so like to just drop support for plain passwords completely :) But
> there's a backwards compatibility issue to think about of course.
>
> But -- is there any actual usecase for them anymore?
I thought we recommended 'password' for SSL connections because if you
use MD5 passwords the password text layout is known and that simplifies
cryptanalysis.
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