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<chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title>
<listitem>
<para>
Like the <literal>md5</literal> method but uses older crypt
- authentication for pre-7.2 clients. <literal>md5</literal>
- is preferred, unless you need to support old clients that
- do not have <literal>md5</literal>. The <literal>crypt</>
- method is not compatible with encrypting passwords in
- <filename>pg_shadow</>, and it has been observed to fail
- when client and server machines have different implementations
- of the crypt() library routine.
+ authentication for pre-7.2 clients. <literal>md5</literal> is
+ preferred for 7.2 and later clients. The <literal>crypt</>
+ method is also not compatible with encrypting passwords in
+ <filename>pg_shadow</>, and may fail if client and server
+ machines have different implementations of the crypt() library
+ routine.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>