Andreas Wenk wrote: > Yes thats correct with the IP address range. Maybe I did not understand > the auth concept yet. I thought, that with METHOD set to md5, a md5 > hashed password is required. The password is submitted with the PHP 5 > pg_connect function - as plain text.
It is specified to pg_connect as plain text, but it is sent over the wire md5-hashed. > So maybe the better question is: what is the difference between METHOD > password and md5? As I assume now because of your answers, it has > nothing to do with either the password is md5 hashed or not? The difference is what travels on the wire. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
