| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Passwords |
| Date: | 2000-05-07 21:42:23 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.21.0005072340320.442-100000@localhost.localdomain |
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The Hermit Hacker writes:
> My *understanding* is that MD5 is a half-way measure that is easier to
> break then DES, which is why it isn't under the export restrictions ...
If you don't feel secure about MD5 you can always use SHA1. In fact you
might want to look at the mhash package which has a bunch of hashing
functions with a decent interface and it's under a BSD'ish license. At
least you can steal the implementation from there.
--
Peter Eisentraut Sernanders väg 10:115
peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net 75262 Uppsala
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