> > Doing the random salt over the wire would still be a problem.
>
> There is absolutely no technical problem with storing hashed passwords and
> still sending salted hash over the wire. It was recently discussed in detail
> in "Hashing passwords" thread in pgsql-hackers list.
But you are hashing it with a secret known by the database adminstrator,
and someone knows any password, like their own, can guess the secret by
looking at the hashed version, no?
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