Re: Spoofing as the postmaster - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Mark Mielke
Subject Re: Spoofing as the postmaster
Date
Msg-id 4775CD7D.5010806@mark.mielke.cc
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In response to Re: Spoofing as the postmaster  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> OK, updated paragraph:
>
>     It is possible to have authentication without encryption overhead by
>     using <literal>NULL-SHA</> or <literal>NULL-MD5</> ciphers.  However,
>     a man-in-the-middle could read and pass communications between client
>     and server.  Also, encryption overhead is minimal compared to the
>     overhead of authentication.  For these reasons NULL ciphers are not
>     recommended.
>   
Looks good!

Cheers,
mark

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Mark Mielke <mark@mielke.cc>


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