does md5 really help against sniffing?

From: jens(dot)timmerman(at)gmail(dot)com
To: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: does md5 really help against sniffing?
Date: 2016-08-25 15:35:17
Message-ID: 20160825153517.15679.54325@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/auth-methods.html
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this page claims
'If you are at all concerned about password "sniffing" attacks then md5 is
preferred. '
but how does this really help? If an md5 hash is enough to get access, then
sniffing an md5has is actually the same as sniffing the password?'

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