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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: RE : [GENERAL] mod_auth_pgsql & encryption
From:       Network Administrator <netadmin () vcsn ! com>
Date:       2003-09-30 14:42:52
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Quoting Bruno BAGUETTE <pgsql-ml@baguette.net>:

> > I'm personally using mod_auth_pgsql against a user table with 
> > encrypted passwords.  To properly encrypt them I am using the 
> > contrib pgcrypto module and something like
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Can you tell me what version of mod_auth_pgsql do you use ? And the
> Apache version ?
> 
> I'm currently having problems with mod_auth_pgsql 2.0.1 that causes a
> PostgreSQL denial of service (max connection is reached because
> mod_auth_pgsql don't close the backend connection).
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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This is slightly off the topic but in regards to using encrypted passwords.  How
does one "recover" the password in the database if at all?  I think I might be
under the false pretense that the encryption is similar to a modern *nix
password file.  Thanks.

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Keith C. Perry
Director of Networks & Applications
VCSN, Inc.
http://vcsn.com
 
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