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Functions to encrypt a password in the client.
This is intended to be used by client applications that wish to
send commands like ALTER USER joe PASSWORD 'pwd'. The password
need not be sent in cleartext if it is encrypted on the client
side. This is good because it ensures the cleartext password won’t
end up in logs pg_stat displays, etc.
Functions§
- Not recommended, as MD5 is not considered to be secure.
- Hash password using SCRAM-SHA-256 with a randomly-generated salt.