Re: [HACKERS] Changing references of password encryption to hashing

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 05:55:06PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 12:52:23PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> >> What's the point of randomly reviving threads from 6 years ago, without any
> >> further analysis?
>
> > Well, I feel like this is an imporant change, and got dropped because it
> > was determined to not be a new change in Postgres 10. Still I think it
> > should be addressed and am looking to see if others feel the same.
>
> You're expecting people to re-research something that dropped off the
> radar years ago, probably because it wasn't sufficiently interesting
> at the time. If the point hasn't been raised again since then,
> I'd guess it's not any more interesting now. Most of us have better
> things to do than go re-read old threads --- and dredging them up
> ten at a time is not improving the odds that people will care to look.

I can do the work. I was more looking for any feedback that this is a
valid area to work on. I will do some work on this and publish an
updated patch because I think using the right terms makes sense.

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