Remote Postgres access??

[Derek Atkins]

linas@linas.org (Linas Vepstas) writes:

> On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 01:26:06PM -0400, Derek Atkins was heard to remark:
> > Does postgres' internal network functionality include network-level
> > encryption?
> 
> The postgres documentation recommends setting up ssh to port-forward=20
> the postgres port.   And if you already know ssh, this seems to=20
> be rather reasonable, at least to me.

This seems hack-ish to me.  :(

I'd much rather see integrated security, at least in the form of
a network module plug-in.  Ah well.

> --linas

-derek

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