Re: How do I get encrypted password access from a cgi app

AFAIK only with an SSL-enabled WebServer.

Perhaps some nice Java-Script code could encode the password on client site.
But I don't know such a beast.

Regards
Ralf

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> Von: Jane Richards [mailto:richards(at)triumf(dot)ca]
> Gesendet: Samstag, 27. April 2002 00:30
> An: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Betreff: [ADMIN] How do I get encrypted password access from a cgi
> application
>
>
> Hi,
> I would like to be able to allow user access with encrypted
> passwords from a browser. The application is written in perl
> using DBI.
> Is there a way using html generated by the perl application,
> to get an
> encrypted password back in order to pass to postgres on the
> DBI connect
> method?
> Thanks,
> Jane
>
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