> > SELECT md5('secret_salt' || nextval('my_seq')::text)
>
> * When somebody knows md5('secret_salt' || '5') he will be able to
> easily compute
> md5('secret_salt' || '50')
> md5('secret_salt' || '51')
> md5('secret_salt' || '52')
> ...
> md5('secret_salt' || '59')
> md5('secret_salt' || '500')
> md5('secret_salt' || '501')
> ...
> md5('secret_salt' || '[any number starting from 5]').
> Without knowledge of 'secret_salt'. So your proposal is totally
> insecure.
Challenge :)
chris=> select md5('******' || '5');
md5
----------------------------------
7b076f591070f6912e320b95782250ae
(1 row)
I won't tell what '******' was.
Can you send me what md5('******' || '50') will give?
Bye,
Chris.
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