From: jens.timmerman@gmail.com
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: does md5 really help against sniffing?
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:35:17 +0000
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The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/auth-methods.html
Description:
this page claims
'If you are at all concerned about password "sniffing" attacks then md5 is
preferred. '
but how does this really help? If an md5 hash is enough to get access, then
sniffing an md5has is actually the same as sniffing the password?'
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Subject: Re: does md5 really help against sniffing?
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