Commit 53a4fa6b authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Add more MD5 documentation now that odbc/jdbc support it.

parent 67a56f22
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<chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title>
......@@ -236,13 +236,12 @@ hostssl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-address</replaceable
<listitem>
<para>
Like the <literal>md5</literal> method but uses older crypt
authentication for pre-7.2 clients. <literal>md5</literal>
is preferred, unless you need to support old clients that
do not have <literal>md5</literal>. The <literal>crypt</>
method is not compatible with encrypting passwords in
<filename>pg_shadow</>, and it has been observed to fail
when client and server machines have different implementations
of the crypt() library routine.
authentication for pre-7.2 clients. <literal>md5</literal> is
preferred for 7.2 and later clients. The <literal>crypt</>
method is also not compatible with encrypting passwords in
<filename>pg_shadow</>, and may fail if client and server
machines have different implementations of the crypt() library
routine.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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