Thread: security concern

security concern

From
"Rony Khoury"
Date:

Hell,

In postgresql ODBC when a user type in a password is it sent over the
network in its original text format or does it get encrypted and then sent?

thank you,
Rony.

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Re: security concern

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Not if you use 'crypt' in pg_hba.conf.

>
>
> Hell,
>
> In postgresql ODBC when a user type in a password is it sent over the
> network in its original text format or does it get encrypted and then sent?
>
> thank you,
> Rony.
>
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Re: security concern

From
Cedar Cox
Date:
What odbc driver supports crypt?  Even if you do have crypt, what about
all the information after that gets sent unencrypted?  (this has been
discussed before..)

On Mon, 14 May 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:

>
> Not if you use 'crypt' in pg_hba.conf.
>
> >
> >
> > Hell,
> >
> > In postgresql ODBC when a user type in a password is it sent over the
> > network in its original text format or does it get encrypted and then sent?
> >
> > thank you,
> > Rony.
> >
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