Hi On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 7:20 AM Michel Feinstein <michelfeinst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I am new to pgAdmin and PostgreSQL. I am configuring a new server > connection and I can see there's an option to save my server's password. > > How secure is this option? Does it save my password as plaintext or does > it save inside Windows protection or other form of encryption? > It uses AES encryption in CFB8 mode provided by the Python encryption module. The data is then base64 encoded and stored in the SQLite configuration database that holds user settings. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
