On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 08:24:34 -0500,
Colton A Smith <smith@cs.utk.edu> wrote:
>
> I specify md5 encryption in my pg_hba.conf file. Would using SSL on
> top of this be overkill?
md5 password hashing doesn't buy a whole lot.
If packet sniffing is a significant threat for you, you probably want to
consider forcing clients to use ssl.
If you have cpu cycles to burn, you probably also want to use it.