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From: John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: two factor authentication for pgadmin iii
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:00:37 -0700
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On 8/26/2015 11:55 PM, Nima Azizzadeh wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm going to create two factor authentication for pgadmin server...

you mean postgresql server, don't you?  pgadmin is a client program/utility.

> I'm using postgresql 9.4 with pgadmin III on Linux Mint 17.2 32bit...
> I already have 1 password authentication but For better security, I 
> just want to force 2 of them. The authentication factors could be any 
> things(what people have,what people know,where people are or what 
> people are).
> Could anybody help me on this?
>

one standard way of doing 2-factor is to use ssl keys, with a password 
on the ssl key store.

But, how will that work with application programs connecting to 
postgres, such as a webserver based application ?



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