Re: odbc - ssl: how-to-do-it.

There is a commercial product built on the open-source ODBC driver that will
utilize an SSL connection and compression: They call it S/ODBC ...

http://www.commandprompt.com/entry.lxp?lxpe=142

I haven't tried it out yet. However, during my research of the product, I did
speak with a representative of the company who seemed very knowledgeable
regarding PostgreSQL. He was courteous as well.

CG

--- Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Clay Luther [mailto:claycle(at)cisco(dot)com]
> > Sent: 28 May 2003 23:34
> > To: John K. Herreshoff; pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Subject: Re: [ODBC] odbc - ssl: how-to-do-it.
> >
> >
> > Actually, this touches on something that I've been wondering about.
> >
> > Is there any way/what are the ways to secure the passwords
> > sent by the PGODBC driver to the DB?
>
> Use md5 passwords. It won't prevent a replay attack, but at least they
> won't be plain text.
>
> Regards, Dave.
>
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