Re: Not storing MD5 hashed passwords

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Not storing MD5 hashed passwords
Date: 2015-10-14 20:41:48
Message-ID: 561EBE0C.1070200@hogranch.com
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On 10/14/2015 1:31 PM, Quiroga, Damian wrote:
>
> Does postgres support other (stronger) hashing algorithms than MD5 to
> store the database passwords at disk?
>
> If not, is there any plan to move away from MD5?
>

if you can read the password database, you already have superuser access
to the full database.... so what threat does a stronger hash address?

if you need stronger security, don't use passwords, use ssl
certificates, or LDAP, or something.

--
john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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