Re: ssl and/or md5 encryption

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

md5 password hashing doesn't buy a whole lot.
If packet sniffing is a significant threat for you, you probably want to
consider forcing clients to use ssl.
If you have cpu cycles to burn, you probably also want to use it.


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