encrypted passwords

Bradley Bell bradleyb at u.washington.edu
Fri Apr 12 18:08:48 EDT 2002


In that case, how does one set up secure communication between e.g. a web
server and the sql server?  Can something like stunnel be used?

-brad

On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 08:00:07PM -0400, Brian Bruns wrote:
> 
> Absolutely not, it is a clear text equivalent.  You can look at 
> src/tds/login.c for the exact algorithm.
> 
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Bradley Bell wrote:
> 
> > Hi, looking at the login packets at http://www.freetds.org/tds.html, I see
> > that the 7.0 protocol appears to use encrypted passwords, and the other does
> > not.  How secure is this encryption?  Is it perceived to be good enough to
> > go out across an open network?
> > 
> > -brad
> > 
> > 
> 
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