Re: Storing the password in .pgpass file in an encrypted format - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Euler Taveira
Subject Re: Storing the password in .pgpass file in an encrypted format
Date
Msg-id 5307679B.6050606@timbira.com.br
Whole thread Raw
In response to Storing the password in .pgpass file in an encrypted format  (firoz e v <firoz.ev@huawei.com>)
Responses Re: Storing the password in .pgpass file in an encrypted format  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
List pgsql-hackers
On 21-02-2014 09:49, firoz e v wrote:
> Even though, there are ways to set the permissions on .pgpass, to disallow any access to world or group, the security
rulesof many organizations disallow to hold any kind of passwords, as plain text.
 
> 
Is your goal hiding the password in .pgpass? You could add support to
accept md5... storage format as password.


--   Euler Taveira                   Timbira - http://www.timbira.com.br/  PostgreSQL: Consultoria, Desenvolvimento,
Suporte24x7 e Treinamento
 



pgsql-hackers by date:

Previous
From: Christian Kruse
Date:
Subject: Re: Storing the password in .pgpass file in an encrypted format
Next
From: Tom Lane
Date:
Subject: Re: Cost estimation in foreign data wrappers