Re: sunsetting md5 password support

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jesper Pedersen <jesper(dot)pedersen(at)comcast(dot)net>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: sunsetting md5 password support
Date: 2024-10-10 22:39:35
Message-ID: 2736148.1728599975@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jesper Pedersen <jesper(dot)pedersen(at)comcast(dot)net> writes:
> On 10/10/24 5:45 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> Note that some authentication methods like LDAP and Radius use
>> "password" authentication on the wire.

> Please, deprecate - aka remove - old methods.
> All client libraries have caught up, and if they havn't then it their
> issue not Core.

It's not the libraries that are the problem. It's the users that
want to use these auth methods --- perhaps even are required to
by dubiously-well-thought-out corporate policies.

regards, tom lane

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