> The weakness of this solution is that your password might be send in the
> clear through the network as the encription ocurrs in the database. I
> suggest the encryption be enforced at the application or secure the
> connection with ssl.
Absolutely -- and understood. I should have been more specific in my
request for comments since I was only thinking about
PostgreSQL-specific issues related to what I presented to the initial
requestor.
Thanks for your reply!
-- Gary Chambers
/* Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft! */