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<chapter id="client-authentication">
The password-based authentication methods are <literal>md5</>,
<literal>crypt</>, and <literal>password</>. These methods operate
similarly except for the way that the password is sent across the
- connection. However, only <literal>md5</> allows encrypted
- passwords to be stored in <structname>pg_shadow</structname>;
- the other two require unencrypted passwords to be stored there.
+ connection. However, <literal>crypt</> does not allow encrypted
+ passwords to be stored in <structname>pg_shadow</structname>.
</para>
<para>