On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> > wrote: > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinn...@iki.fi> > wrote: > >> In various threads on SCRAM, we've skirted around the question of > whether > >> we should still allow storing passwords in plaintext. I've avoided > >> discussing that in those other threads, because it's been an orthogonal > >> question, but it's a good question and we should discuss it. > >> > >> So, I propose that we remove support for password_encryption='plain' in > >> PostgreSQL 10. If you try to do that, you'll get an error. > > > > Is there any usecase at all for it today? > > For developers running applications on top of Postgres? > I don't get it. How does password_encryption=plain help them? -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ <http://www.hagander.net/> Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/ <http://www.redpill-linpro.com/>
