Re: PQconnectdb question and md5 password

From: Guy Deleeuw <G(dot)De_Leeuw(at)eurofer(dot)be>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Marcelo Martins <pglists(at)zeroaccess(dot)org>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PQconnectdb question and md5 password
Date: 2008-05-06 19:56:27
Message-ID: 4820B7EB.7050902@eurofer.be
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Hello Tom

> No, you need to put the plain text of the password into the connInfo.
> Knowing the md5 doesn't prove you know the password.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
I just try to cancel the easy way to "string" the binary and extract the
password from my app.
A solution are to put the md5 string and not the clear password.
but if it's not possible, a follow another way.

Thanks for your respons.

Regards
Guy

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