From: Andrej Ricnik-Bay <andrej.groups@gmail.com>
To: Eugenio Flores <eflores767003@yahoo.com.mx>
To: PostgreSQL <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: How to store a password encripted in a user defined table
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 21:21:06 +1300
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On 3/1/07, Eugenio Flores <eflores767003@yahoo.com.mx> wrote:
> Hello, I wonder if somebody knows how to store passwords in a
> column that is part of a user defined table.
Assuming that your passwords are application specific use
a sha1 or md5 algorithm (depending on how sensitive your data is)
and store that in a varchar or char field. When the user authenticates
the password gets hashed in the app and compared against the
stored hash.
Cheers,
Andrej
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