| From: | Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tomasz Ostrowski <tometzky(at)batory(dot)org(dot)pl>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Spoofing as the postmaster |
| Date: | 2007-12-29 04:30:53 |
| Message-ID: | 4775CD7D.5010806@mark.mielke.cc |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> OK, updated paragraph:
>
> It is possible to have authentication without encryption overhead by
> using <literal>NULL-SHA</> or <literal>NULL-MD5</> ciphers. However,
> a man-in-the-middle could read and pass communications between client
> and server. Also, encryption overhead is minimal compared to the
> overhead of authentication. For these reasons NULL ciphers are not
> recommended.
>
Looks good!
Cheers,
mark
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Mark Mielke <mark(at)mielke(dot)cc>
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