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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Client-side password encryption
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Msg-id 15674.1135311187@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Client-side password encryption  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
Responses Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Client-side password encryption  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> So, can I specify the password to pg_connect() as 
> 'md5127349123742342344234'?

Certainly not.  We'd hardly be worrying about obscuring the original
password if the encrypted version were enough to get in with.
        regards, tom lane

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