[COUCHDB-653] Extensible password storage

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: HTTP Interface, Infrastructure
• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Filipe David Borba Manana
• Created: 13/Feb/10 21:18
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:28
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:28

Description

As it has been discussed in the @dev mailing list, CouchDB should be configurable to use customizable password storage/hashing schemes.
Brian Candler suggested the support for the OpenLDAP schemes for example.

From the Auth roadmap mail chain:

"1) Extensible password storage.

Thanks Brian Candler for the links to the OpenLDAP style of storage. I
think we should do this asap so we don't have to worry about backwards
compatibility with the current storage mechanism until the end of
time. The relevant message:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.couchdb.devel/7588"