| From: | Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> |
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| To: | Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: contrib promotion? |
| Date: | 2006-07-14 18:08:11 |
| Message-ID: | 44B7DD8B.1080307@kaltenbrunner.cc |
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Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
>
>>>> Doesn't our inclusion of md5() pretty much blow that argument away?
>>>> (Just asking).
>>> I don't think so because md5 is just a one way hash function. There
>>> is no method to decrypt anything :).
>
> Actually, I've had to install pgcrypto on more than one occasion for
> clients who needed to have sha1 instead of md5. I've had to install
> pgcrypto for other functions as well, so +1 for me on coring it, but
> at the least please consider adding in sha1.
I don't have a very strong opinion on that but sha1() is something I
need on a regular base too from pgcrypto.
Stefan
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