Add some explanation of how the salt is generated

2026-01-02 22:58:01 +00:00 · 2016-03-04 15:31:43 -06:00
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--- a/postgres/salt-and-hash-a-password-with-pgcrypto.md
+++ b/postgres/salt-and-hash-a-password-with-pgcrypto.md
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ select crypt('pa$$w0rd', gen_salt('bf'));
 f
 ```

+The salt value is generated using the blowfish encryption algorithm (hence,
+the `'bf'`). There is support for other algorithms such as `md5`.
+
 See the
 [`pgcrypt` documentation](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/pgcrypto.html) for
 more details.