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

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: Storing the password in .pgpass file in an encrypted format
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Msg-id 5307DB08.3020709@agliodbs.com
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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  (Tomas Vondra <tv@fuzzy.cz>)
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On 02/21/2014 09:11 AM, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> What I think might be useful and safe at the same time is encrypted
> .pgpass with tools asking for the encryption key. Think of it as a simple
> passord wallet - not really useful if you're connecting to a single
> database, very useful if you have many as you only need to remember the
> single password.

Sounds interesting, but probably better as an external utility than as
part of PostgreSQL.  Call it pgWallet.

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
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