Re: SCRAM auth and Pgpool-II

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net
Cc: ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp, sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net, michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com, robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SCRAM auth and Pgpool-II
Date: 2017-07-14 01:54:38
Message-ID: 20170714.105438.1926837169006768483.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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>> The comment in pg_hba.conf.sample seem to prefer md5 over clear text
>> password.
>>
>> # Note that "password" sends passwords in clear text; "md5" or
>> # "scram-sha-256" are preferred since they send encrypted passwords.
>
> Should that be reworded to eliminate "md5"? I'd consider "scram-sha-256"
> suitable over a clear channel, but I've never recommended "md5" for that.

I don't think so unless clear text password is superior than md5.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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