Re: password encyption

I have just written a doc about the encrypted passwords which will be in the
helpfile for the next release of pgAdmin, and can be found at
http://www.pgadmin.org/pgadmin2.php?ContentID=19
<http://www.pgadmin.org/pgadmin2.php?ContentID=19> .

SSH connections are slightly different to the encrypted passwords - they
encrypt the entire session over the wire, whilst the passwords are encrypted
over the wire *and* in pg_shadow. pgAdmin with SSH is outlined here:
http://www.pgadmin.org/pgadmin2.php?ContentID=11
<http://www.pgadmin.org/pgadmin2.php?ContentID=11>

For the best security, why not use both?

Regards, Dave.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter E. Chen [mailto:pchen3(at)jhmi(dot)edu]
Sent: 13 March 2002 16:09
To: Ivan Horvath
Cc: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] password encyption

Ivan,

I tunnel my pgAdmin connection through an SSH connection to provide security
for pgAdmin logins. You can use the standard SSH port forwarding feature to
have your pgAdmin connect to PostgreSQL. I believe there is now
documentation on how to use SSH port forwarding with pgAdmin.

I hope this helps.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Ivan Horvath
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 5:53 AM
To: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [pgadmin-support] password encyption

Hi All,

i created a user in pgadmin, specified a password of course. the user is
created, but the password is encypted somehow., i cannot log in anymore!!!
please help me, what is the problem

Best Regards,

Iván Horváth
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