Re: use of the term "verifier" with SCRAM

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Subject: Re: use of the term "verifier" with SCRAM
Date: 2019-10-10 07:08:37
Message-ID: 73ba767c-f7dc-ce9e-3810-0daa184918a0@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2019-08-14 10:41, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> RFC 5803 is titled "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Schema
>> for Storing Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism (SCRAM)
>> Secrets". Following that, I think calling the contents of rolpassword a
>> "secret" or a "stored secret" would be better.

> But I agree that "secret", as used in RFC5803 is better.

Here is my proposed patch to adjust this.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

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