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Old 04-10-2008, 06:33 AM
Michael Fuhr
 
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Default Re: ssl and/or md5 encryption

On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 08:24:34AM -0500, Colton A Smith wrote:
> I specify md5 encryption in my pg_hba.conf file. Would using SSL on
> top of this be overkill?


Specifying md5 in pg_hba.conf affects only password authentication;
everything else will be sent in cleartext.

What's your threat model? What do you want to secure? Just
authentication, or data transfer as well?

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Michael Fuhr

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