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Raimon Fernandez wrote:
> Hello again ...
> 
> 
> I'm trying to Authenticate to some PostgreSQL using MD5.
> 
> I can get the salt, for example:
> 
> A7 2E DB 2F
> 

Hello

The md5 authentication in PostgreSQL works this way:

server -------------- 4-byte token ---------------------------> client
server <--- "md5" + md5(md5(password + username) + token)" ---- client

regards
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 Rafael Martinez, <r.m.guerrero@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 Center for Information Technology Services
 University of Oslo, Norway

 PGP Public Key: http://folk.uio.no/rafael/



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