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Abuhujair Javed
Postgres FD Implementation
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Oct 24, 2005
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Bruce Momjian
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More forcefully recommend MD5 over crypt authentication.
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.8
4 2005/10/24 15:38:36
momjian Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.8
5 2005/10/24 15:49:54
momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="client-authentication">
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@@ -319,11 +319,16 @@ hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>crypt</></term>
<listitem>
<note>
<para>
This option is recommended only for communicating with pre-7.2
clients.
</para>
</note>
<para>
Require the client to supply a <function>crypt()</>-encrypted
password for authentication.
<literal>md5</literal> is preferred for 7.2 and later clients,
but pre-7.2 clients only support <literal>crypt</>.
<literal>md5</literal> is now recommended over <literal>crypt</>.
See <xref linkend="auth-password"> for details.
</para>
</listitem>
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@@ -589,8 +594,8 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5
<para>
If you are at all concerned about password
<quote>sniffing</> attacks then <literal>md5</> is preferred, with
<literal>crypt</>
a second choice
if you must support pre-7.2
clients. Plain <literal>password</> should
especially be avoided
for
<literal>crypt</>
to be used only
if you must support pre-7.2
clients. Plain <literal>password</> should
be avoided especially
for
connections over the open Internet (unless you use <acronym>SSL</acronym>,
<acronym>SSH</>, or another
communications security wrapper around the connection).
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