| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Peter E(dot) Chen" <pchen3(at)jhmi(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | "Postgres (JDBC)" <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Question regarding whether the Postgres JDBC driver supports |
| Date: | 2002-01-15 22:55:58 |
| Message-ID: | 200201152255.g0FMtwc28908@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Peter E. Chen wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> Does anyone know whether or not the Postgres JDBC driver supports password
> encryption? I have set the AUTHTYPE to "encrypt" and I have been able to
> successfully connect to the database with the JDBC driver. Does this mean
> that the password via Postgres JDBC is encrypted? And if so, what type of
> encryption is this?
There is no 'encrypt' auth, just 'crypt' which uses Unix crypt()
encryption. 7.2 will also support MD5 encryption, and encryption of
passwords stored in the server.
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