Stephen Frost wrote:
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> * Andrew Dunstan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I think the behaviour on the wire should be more explcitly stated.
>
> Please comment on the message I just sent to -hackers which has a much
> longer and more detailed explanation of what happens.
The next paragraph in the docs is:
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
connections over the open Internet (unless you use <acronym>SSL</acronym>,
SSH, or
other communications security wrappers around the connection).
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