Re: ssl and/or md5 encryption

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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?

-- 
Michael Fuhr


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