Received: from fw2.vtc.edu.hk (fw3.vtc.edu.hk [202.40.210.219]) by hub.org (8.8.8/8.7.5) with SMTP id FAA07060 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 05:20:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: by fw2.vtc.edu.hk; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA02601; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:51:04 +0800 Sender: nicku@vtc.edu.hk Message-Id: <35AB2302.5236A260@iohk.com> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 17:21:06 +0800 From: Nick Urbanik X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.34 i486) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-interfaces@hub.org Subject: Using JDBC and SSL (or any method of security) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=big5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, We want to use JDBC together with a patched PostgreSQL using Brett McCormick's PostgreSQl-SSL patch. Is it possible to use encrypted communication with JDBC using this? Or kerberos? Or do you have any suggestions as to how we can make it secure? The database will contain sensitive information and will be available over the Internet, to those who are authorised. If no encryption is possible, is it possible to ensure that no one can read the passwords (by encrypting them)? I would be grateful for any help; please reply to my email addresses also. -- Nick Urbanik, Dept. of Elec & Comms Engineering, HKTC(TY) email: nicku@vtc.edu.hk, nicku@iohk.com Tel: (852) 2436 8660, (825) 2436 8674 Fax: (852) 2436 8643