Thread: Cryptography - A dummy question
Hi, Is there any cryptography in PostgreSQL network connections??? I would like to know if it is safe to query data like passwords on a PostgreSQL server, from several clients. In other words: PostgreSQL network connections are secured agains sniffers? -- []s Joaquim ------------------------------------------------- ( ) Joaquim Quinteiro Uchoa ( ) (*) Prof. DCC - UFLA (*) (*) Linux User # 100534 (*) ( ) (Inteligencia Artificial) ( ) -------------------------------------------------
> Hi, > > Is there any cryptography in PostgreSQL network connections??? I would > like to know if it is safe to query data like passwords on a PostgreSQL > server, from several clients. > > In other words: PostgreSQL network connections are secured agains > sniffers? See: http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?ssl-tcp.html - and/or - http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?ssh-tunnels.html HTH, -- Joe
On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, Joe Conway wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there any cryptography in PostgreSQL network connections??? I would > > like to know if it is safe to query data like passwords on a PostgreSQL > > server, from several clients. > > > > In other words: PostgreSQL network connections are secured agains > > sniffers? Thanx for the imediate answer. > > See: > http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?ssl-tcp.html > - and/or - > http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?ssh-tunnels.html > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl No. I thought that cryptograhy in pgsql was native. -- []s Joaquim ------------------------------------------------- ( ) Joaquim Quinteiro Uchoa ( ) (*) Prof. DCC - UFLA (*) (*) Linux User # 100534 (*) ( ) (Inteligencia Artificial) ( ) -------------------------------------------------