| From: | John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Cima" <ruel(dot)cima(at)facinf(dot)uho(dot)edu(dot)cu> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: storing passwords |
| Date: | 2005-04-06 12:36:40 |
| Message-ID: | 864F3CBC-A698-11D9-86D9-000A95B03262@pgedit.com |
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On Apr 6, 2005, at 2:44 AM, Cima wrote:
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> what id like to know is if there is a way of storing these passwords
> as nonplain text or in an encrypted form. i know mysql has an internal
> function/datatype that when specified, it encrypts the values given.
> is there anything like this in postgresql 8.0.1?
> if not, any sugestions on how to store these passwords?
You can use the built in md5 function to generate a digest for the user
name and password. This is what PostgreSQL uses.
John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL
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