Thread: JDBC/Postgres Question . . .

Hey All,

Can anyone tell me if usernames and passwords are sent in clear text while
connecting to postgres via JDBC?

I have set the AUTHTYPE in my pg_hba.conf file to use crypt.  Does this mean
that passwords sent via JDBC is encrypted?  And if so, what type of
encryption is postgres using?

Thanks for any help.

Peter

Peter E. Chen writes:

> I have set the AUTHTYPE in my pg_hba.conf file to use crypt.  Does this mean
> that passwords sent via JDBC is encrypted?

Yes.

> And if so, what type of encryption is postgres using?

Triple DES

See also

http://www.de.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/postgres/client-authentication.html

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net