Interesting idea. However, I think this is ssl between the client and database. Given the client would be the server hosting the web service I don't think this would work for the web service client.
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie> wrote:
On 16/03/2012 18:39, Bryan Montgomery wrote: > Hello, > We are looking at implementing a web service that basically makes calls > to the database. > > I have been thinking about ways to secure the web service based on the > database. > > I initially thought about just connecting to the database as the user > with parameters passed through the web service - however I don't know > how to do that other than clear text passwords.
Postgres supports connections over SSL - will this do the job?
