diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-des.c b/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-des.c
index a4aa4966bf..1f65f286ea 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-des.c
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-des.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ px_crypt_des(const char *key, const char *setting)
output[0] = setting[0];
/*
- * If the encrypted password that the salt was extracted from is only
+ * If the hashed password that the salt was extracted from is only
* 1 character long, the salt will be corrupted. We need to ensure
* that the output string doesn't have an extra NUL in it!
*/
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 2c2da2ad8a..69baa41d26 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -1334,8 +1334,8 @@
rolpasswordtext
- Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. The format depends
- on the form of encryption used.
+ Password (possibly hashed); null if none. The format depends
+ on the form of hashing used.
@@ -1350,19 +1350,19 @@
- For an MD5 encrypted password, rolpassword
+ For an MD5-hashed password, rolpassword
column will begin with the string md5> followed by a
32-character hexadecimal MD5 hash. The MD5 hash will be of the user's
password concatenated to their user name. For example, if user
joe> has password xyzzy>, PostgreSQL>
will store the md5 hash of xyzzyjoe>. If the password is
- encrypted with SCRAM-SHA-256, it consists of 5 fields separated by colons.
+ hashed with SCRAM-SHA-256, it consists of 5 fields separated by colons.
The first field is the constant scram-sha-256, to
identify the password as a SCRAM-SHA-256 verifier. The second field is a
salt, Base64-encoded, and the third field is the number of iterations used
to generate the password. The fourth field and fifth field are the stored
key and server key, respectively, in hexadecimal format. A password that
- does not follow either of those formats is assumed to be unencrypted.
+ does not follow either of those formats is assumed to be in cleartext.
@@ -10272,9 +10272,9 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_locks pl LEFT JOIN pg_prepared_xacts ppx
passwdtext
- Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. See
+ Password (possibly hashed); null if none. See
pg_authid
- for details of how encrypted passwords are stored.
+ for details of how hashed passwords are stored.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 69844e5b29..994ed6c1bd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1190,11 +1190,11 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
When a password is specified in or
without writing either ENCRYPTED>
or UNENCRYPTED>, this parameter determines whether the
- password is to be encrypted. The default value is md5>, which
+ password is to be hashed. The default value is md5>, which
stores the password as an MD5 hash. Setting this to plain> stores
it in plaintext. on> and off> are also accepted, as
aliases for md5> and plain>, respectively. Setting
- this parameter to scram> will encrypt the password with
+ this parameter to scram> will hash the password with
SCRAM-SHA-256.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/passwordcheck.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/passwordcheck.sgml
index 6e6e4ef435..5964c6b3ad 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/passwordcheck.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/passwordcheck.sgml
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
- To prevent unencrypted passwords from being sent across the network,
+ To prevent cleartext passwords from being sent across the network,
written to the server log or otherwise stolen by a database administrator,
PostgreSQL allows the user to supply
- pre-encrypted passwords. Many client programs make use of this
- functionality and encrypt the password before sending it to the server.
+ pre-hashed passwords. Many client programs make use of this
+ functionality and hash the password before sending it to the server.
This limits the usefulness of the passwordcheck
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
Alternatively, you could modify passwordcheck
- to reject pre-encrypted passwords, but forcing users to set their
+ to reject pre-hashed passwords, but forcing users to set their
passwords in clear text carries its own security risks.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml
index bf514aacf3..c4ce02c9dd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ hmac(data bytea, key text, type text) returns bytea
They use a random value, called the salt>, so that users
- having the same password will have different encrypted passwords.
+ having the same password will have different hashed passwords.
This is also an additional defense against reversing the algorithm.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index 3d6e8eed43..52afe25090 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
The frontend must now send a PasswordMessage containing the
- password (with user name) encrypted via MD5, then encrypted
+ password (with user name) hashed via MD5, then hashed
again using the 4-byte random salt specified in the
AuthenticationMD5Password message. If this is the correct
password, the server responds with an AuthenticationOk,
@@ -2603,7 +2603,7 @@ AuthenticationMD5Password (B)
- Specifies that an MD5-encrypted password is required.
+ Specifies that an MD5-hashed password is required.
@@ -2613,7 +2613,7 @@ AuthenticationMD5Password (B)
- The salt to use when encrypting the password.
+ The salt to use when hashing the password.
@@ -4704,7 +4704,7 @@ PasswordMessage (F)
- The password (encrypted, if requested).
+ The password (hashed, if requested).
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_role.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_role.sgml
index da36ad9696..5b67882398 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_role.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_role.sgml
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ ALTER ROLE { role_specification | A
roles.
The current session user cannot be renamed.
(Connect as a different user if you need to do that.)
- Because MD5>-encrypted passwords use the role name as
+ Because MD5>-hashed passwords use the role name as
cryptographic salt, renaming a role clears its password if the
- password is MD5>-encrypted.
+ password is MD5>-hashed.
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ ALTER ROLE { role_specification | A
- Caution must be exercised when specifying an unencrypted password
+ Caution must be exercised when specifying a cleartext password
with this command. The password will be transmitted to the server
in cleartext, and it might also be logged in the client's command
history or the server log.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml
index 99d1c8336c..27895e8298 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml
@@ -228,14 +228,14 @@ CREATE ROLE name [ [ WITH ]
These key words control whether the password is stored
- encrypted in the system catalogs. (If neither is specified,
+ hashed in the system catalogs. (If neither is specified,
the default behavior is determined by the configuration
parameter .) If the
- presented password string is already in MD5-encrypted or
- SCRAM-encrypted format, then it is stored encrypted as-is,
+ presented password string is already in MD5-hashed or
+ SCRAM-hashed format, then it is stored hased as-is,
regardless of whether ENCRYPTED> or UNENCRYPTED>
- is specified (since the system cannot decrypt the specified encrypted
- password string). This allows reloading of encrypted passwords
+ is specified (since the system cannot understand the specified hashed
+ password string). This allows reloading of hashed passwords
during dump/restore.
@@ -396,12 +396,12 @@ CREATE ROLE name [ [ WITH ]
- Caution must be exercised when specifying an unencrypted password
+ Caution must be exercised when specifying a cleartext password
with this command. The password will be transmitted to the server
in cleartext, and it might also be logged in the client's command
history or the server log. The command , however, transmits
- the password encrypted. Also,
+ the password hash. Also,
contains a command
\password that can be used to safely change the
password later.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 2a9c412020..0860b483a7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ lo_import 152801
Changes the password of the specified user (by default, the current
- user). This command prompts for the new password, encrypts it, and
+ user). This command prompts for the new password, hashes it, and
sends it to the server as an ALTER ROLE> command. This
makes sure that the new password does not appear in cleartext in the
command history, the server log, or elsewhere.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 01153f9a37..0915a42736 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -2024,15 +2024,15 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433
- Password Storage Encryption
+ Password Storage Hashing
By default, database user passwords are stored as MD5 hashes, so
the administrator cannot determine the actual password assigned
- to the user. If MD5 encryption is used for client authentication,
- the unencrypted password is never even temporarily present on the
- server because the client MD5-encrypts it before being sent
+ to the user. If MD5 hashing is used for client authentication,
+ the cleartext password is never even temporarily present on the
+ server because the client MD5-hashes it before being sent
across the network.
@@ -2088,18 +2088,18 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433
- Encrypting Passwords Across A Network
+ Hashing Passwords Across A Network
- The MD5> authentication method double-encrypts the
+ The MD5> authentication method double-hashes the
password on the client before sending it to the server. It first
- MD5-encrypts it based on the user name, and then encrypts it
+ MD5-hashes it based on the user name, and then hashes it
based on a random salt sent by the server when the database
- connection was made. It is this double-encrypted value that is
- sent over the network to the server. Double-encryption not only
+ connection was made. It is this double-hashed value that is
+ sent over the network to the server. Double-hash not only
prevents the password from being discovered, it also prevents
- another connection from using the same encrypted password to
+ another connection from using the same hashed password to
connect to the database server at a later time.
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 14b9779144..e4ad531fa6 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ CreateRole(ParseState *pstate, CreateRoleStmt *stmt)
if (password)
{
- /* Encrypt the password to the requested format. */
+ /* Hash the password to the requested format. */
char *shadow_pass;
shadow_pass = encrypt_password(password_type, stmt->role, password);
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ AlterRole(AlterRoleStmt *stmt)
/* password */
if (password)
{
- /* Encrypt the password to the requested format. */
+ /* Hash the password to the requested format. */
char *shadow_pass;
shadow_pass = encrypt_password(password_type, rolename, password);
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/auth-scram.c b/src/backend/libpq/auth-scram.c
index 9f78e57aae..8e7344d95a 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/auth-scram.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/auth-scram.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pg_be_scram_init(const char *username, const char *shadow_pass, bool doomed)
/*
* Perform sanity checks on the provided password after catalog lookup.
* The authentication is bound to fail if the lookup itself failed or if
- * the password stored is MD5-encrypted. Authentication is possible for
+ * the password stored is MD5-hashed. Authentication is possible for
* users with a valid plain password though.
*/
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/auth.c b/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
index ebf10bbbae..61217f0fa4 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
@@ -2723,7 +2723,7 @@ CheckRADIUSAuth(Port *port)
if (!pg_md5_binary(cryptvector, strlen(port->hba->radiussecret) + RADIUS_VECTOR_LENGTH, encryptedpassword + i))
{
ereport(LOG,
- (errmsg("could not perform MD5 encryption of password")));
+ (errmsg("could not perform MD5 hash of password")));
pfree(cryptvector);
return STATUS_ERROR;
}
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@ CheckRADIUSAuth(Port *port)
encryptedpassword))
{
ereport(LOG,
- (errmsg("could not perform MD5 encryption of received packet")));
+ (errmsg("could not perform MD5 hash of received packet")));
pfree(cryptvector);
continue;
}
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/crypt.c b/src/backend/libpq/crypt.c
index 9f0ae15b00..5022738b4f 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/crypt.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/crypt.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* crypt.c
- * Functions for dealing with encrypted passwords stored in
+ * Functions for dealing with hashed passwords stored in
* pg_authid.rolpassword.
*
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2017, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ encrypt_password(PasswordType target_type, const char *role,
if (!pg_md5_encrypt(password, role, strlen(role),
encrypted_password))
- elog(ERROR, "password encryption failed");
+ elog(ERROR, "password hashing failed");
return encrypted_password;
case PASSWORD_TYPE_SCRAM:
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ encrypt_password(PasswordType target_type, const char *role,
* This shouldn't happen, because the above switch statements should
* handle every combination of source and target password types.
*/
- elog(ERROR, "cannot encrypt password to requested type");
+ elog(ERROR, "cannot hash password to requested type");
return NULL; /* keep compiler quiet */
}
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ md5_crypt_verify(const char *role, const char *shadow_pass,
switch (get_password_type(shadow_pass))
{
case PASSWORD_TYPE_MD5:
- /* stored password already encrypted, only do salt */
+ /* stored password already hashed, only do salt */
if (!pg_md5_encrypt(shadow_pass + strlen("md5"),
md5_salt, md5_salt_len,
crypt_pwd))
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ md5_crypt_verify(const char *role, const char *shadow_pass,
break;
case PASSWORD_TYPE_PLAINTEXT:
- /* stored password is plain, double-encrypt */
+ /* stored password is plain, double-hash */
if (!pg_md5_encrypt(shadow_pass,
role,
strlen(role),
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample b/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample
index 6b1778a721..6b4ab71cb6 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
# METHOD can be "trust", "reject", "md5", "password", "scram", "gss",
# "sspi", "ident", "peer", "pam", "ldap", "radius" or "cert". Note that
# "password" sends passwords in clear text; "md5" or "scram" are preferred
-# since they send encrypted passwords.
+# since they send hashed passwords.
#
# OPTIONS are a set of options for the authentication in the format
# NAME=VALUE. The available options depend on the different
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/command.c b/src/bin/psql/command.c
index 4f4a0aa9bd..7c272a1c5d 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/command.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/command.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ exec_command(const char *cmd,
if (!encrypted_password)
{
- psql_error("Password encryption failed.\n");
+ psql_error("Password hashing failed.\n");
success = false;
}
else
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/createuser.c b/src/bin/scripts/createuser.c
index 3d74797a8f..b398f6a1e1 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/createuser.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/createuser.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
newuser);
if (!encrypted_password)
{
- fprintf(stderr, _("Password encryption failed.\n"));
+ fprintf(stderr, _("Password hashing failed.\n"));
exit(1);
}
appendStringLiteralConn(&sql, encrypted_password, conn);
@@ -358,14 +358,14 @@ help(const char *progname)
printf(_(" -d, --createdb role can create new databases\n"));
printf(_(" -D, --no-createdb role cannot create databases (default)\n"));
printf(_(" -e, --echo show the commands being sent to the server\n"));
- printf(_(" -E, --encrypted encrypt stored password\n"));
+ printf(_(" -E, --encrypted hash stored password\n"));
printf(_(" -g, --role=ROLE new role will be a member of this role\n"));
printf(_(" -i, --inherit role inherits privileges of roles it is a\n"
" member of (default)\n"));
printf(_(" -I, --no-inherit role does not inherit privileges\n"));
printf(_(" -l, --login role can login (default)\n"));
printf(_(" -L, --no-login role cannot login\n"));
- printf(_(" -N, --unencrypted do not encrypt stored password\n"));
+ printf(_(" -N, --unencrypted do not hash stored password\n"));
printf(_(" -P, --pwprompt assign a password to new role\n"));
printf(_(" -r, --createrole role can create new roles\n"));
printf(_(" -R, --no-createrole role cannot create roles (default)\n"));
diff --git a/src/common/scram-common.c b/src/common/scram-common.c
index e44f38f652..712d51900d 100644
--- a/src/common/scram-common.c
+++ b/src/common/scram-common.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ scram_H(const uint8 *input, int len, uint8 *result)
}
/*
- * Encrypt password for SCRAM authentication. This basically applies the
+ * Hash password for SCRAM authentication. This basically applies the
* normalization of the password and a hash calculation using the salt
* value given by caller.
*/
diff --git a/src/include/common/md5.h b/src/include/common/md5.h
index ccaaeddbf4..37e2432021 100644
--- a/src/include/common/md5.h
+++ b/src/include/common/md5.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
* Interface to libpq/md5.c
*
* These definitions are needed by both frontend and backend code to work
- * with MD5-encrypted passwords.
+ * with MD5-hashed passwords.
*
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2017, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
index 5fe7e565a0..385c0472bf 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ pg_password_sendauth(PGconn *conn, const char *password, AuthRequest areq)
char *crypt_pwd = NULL;
const char *pwd_to_send;
- /* Encrypt the password if needed. */
+ /* Hash the password if needed. */
switch (areq)
{
@@ -909,14 +909,14 @@ pg_fe_getauthname(PQExpBuffer errorMessage)
/*
- * PQencryptPassword -- exported routine to encrypt a password
+ * PQencryptPassword -- exported routine to hash a password
*
* 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
+ * be sent in cleartext if it is hashed on the client side. This is
* good because it ensures the cleartext password won't end up in logs,
* pg_stat displays, etc. We export the function so that clients won't
- * be dependent on low-level details like whether the encryption is MD5
+ * be dependent on low-level details like whether the hashing is MD5
* or something else.
*
* Arguments are the cleartext password, and the SQL name of the user it
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/password.out b/src/test/regress/expected/password.out
index c503e43abe..7cc143554f 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/password.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/password.out
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ SELECT rolname, rolpassword
ALTER ROLE regress_passwd3_new RENAME TO regress_passwd3;
-- ENCRYPTED and UNENCRYPTED passwords
-ALTER ROLE regress_passwd1 UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'foo'; -- unencrypted
-ALTER ROLE regress_passwd2 UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'md5dfa155cadd5f4ad57860162f3fab9cdb'; -- encrypted with MD5
+ALTER ROLE regress_passwd1 UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'foo'; -- cleartext
+ALTER ROLE regress_passwd2 UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'md5dfa155cadd5f4ad57860162f3fab9cdb'; -- hashed with MD5
SET password_encryption = 'md5';
-ALTER ROLE regress_passwd3 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'foo'; -- encrypted with MD5
+ALTER ROLE regress_passwd3 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'foo'; -- hashed with MD5
ALTER ROLE regress_passwd4 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'scram-sha-256:VLK4RMaQLCvNtQ==:4096:3ded2376f7aafa93b1bdbd71bcc18b7d6ee50ed018029cc583d152ef3fc7d430:a6dd36dfc94c181956a6ae95f05e01b1864f0a22a2657d1de4ba84d2a24dc438'; -- client-supplied SCRAM verifier, use as it is
SET password_encryption = 'scram';
ALTER ROLE regress_passwd5 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'foo'; -- create SCRAM verifier
-CREATE ROLE regress_passwd6 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'md53725413363ab045e20521bf36b8d8d7f'; -- encrypted with MD5, use as it is
+CREATE ROLE regress_passwd6 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'md53725413363ab045e20521bf36b8d8d7f'; -- hashed with MD5, use as it is
SELECT rolname, regexp_replace(rolpassword, '(scram-sha-256):([a-zA-Z0-9+/]+==):(\d+):(\w+):(\w+)', '\1::\3::') as rolpassword_masked
FROM pg_authid
WHERE rolname LIKE 'regress_passwd%'
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/password.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/password.sql
index f4b3a9ac3a..e7a1ddf42a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/password.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/password.sql
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ SELECT rolname, rolpassword
ALTER ROLE regress_passwd3_new RENAME TO regress_passwd3;
-- ENCRYPTED and UNENCRYPTED passwords
-ALTER ROLE regress_passwd1 UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'foo'; -- unencrypted
-ALTER ROLE regress_passwd2 UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'md5dfa155cadd5f4ad57860162f3fab9cdb'; -- encrypted with MD5
+ALTER ROLE regress_passwd1 UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'foo'; -- cleartext
+ALTER ROLE regress_passwd2 UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'md5dfa155cadd5f4ad57860162f3fab9cdb'; -- hashed with MD5
SET password_encryption = 'md5';
-ALTER ROLE regress_passwd3 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'foo'; -- encrypted with MD5
+ALTER ROLE regress_passwd3 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'foo'; -- hashed with MD5
ALTER ROLE regress_passwd4 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'scram-sha-256:VLK4RMaQLCvNtQ==:4096:3ded2376f7aafa93b1bdbd71bcc18b7d6ee50ed018029cc583d152ef3fc7d430:a6dd36dfc94c181956a6ae95f05e01b1864f0a22a2657d1de4ba84d2a24dc438'; -- client-supplied SCRAM verifier, use as it is
SET password_encryption = 'scram';
ALTER ROLE regress_passwd5 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'foo'; -- create SCRAM verifier
-CREATE ROLE regress_passwd6 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'md53725413363ab045e20521bf36b8d8d7f'; -- encrypted with MD5, use as it is
+CREATE ROLE regress_passwd6 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'md53725413363ab045e20521bf36b8d8d7f'; -- hashed with MD5, use as it is
SELECT rolname, regexp_replace(rolpassword, '(scram-sha-256):([a-zA-Z0-9+/]+==):(\d+):(\w+):(\w+)', '\1::\3::') as rolpassword_masked
FROM pg_authid