Re: [HACKERS] crypt auth

2008-10-27 Thread Magnus Hagander
Magnus Hagander wrote: > I notice our docs have: > > If you are at all concerned about password > sniffing attacks then md5 is preferred, with > crypt to be used only if you must support pre-7.2 > clients. Plain password should be avoided especially for > > > At what point do we

Re: [HACKERS] crypt auth

2008-10-22 Thread Magnus Hagander
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> AFAICT, removing an authentication method requires a protocol version >>> bump. >> >> Why would it require that? There would just be some auth method codes >> that remain reserved but aren't used anymore.

Re: [HACKERS] crypt auth

2008-10-20 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Tom Lane wrote: Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AFAICT, removing an authentication method requires a protocol version bump. Why would it require that? There would just be some auth method codes that remain reserved but aren't used anymore. Yeah, I was mistaken. AuthenticationC

Re: [HACKERS] crypt auth

2008-10-20 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > AFAICT, removing an authentication method requires a protocol version > bump. Why would it require that? There would just be some auth method codes that remain reserved but aren't used anymore. regards, tom lane -- Sent vi

Re: [HACKERS] crypt auth

2008-10-20 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Magnus Hagander wrote: I notice our docs have: If you are at all concerned about password sniffing attacks then md5 is preferred, with crypt to be used only if you must support pre-7.2 clients. Plain password should be avoided especially for At what point do we just remove the