[Pgpool-general] md5 Authentication problem

[Tatsuo Ishii]

Maybe this should be in the FAQ (I know I have to write but...)

Please look into this to know why it's not possible to support md5 in pgpoool:

http://lists.pgfoundry.org/pipermail/pgpool-general/2008-August/001171.html
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Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan

> Hi All,
> 
> I got a scenario where I am using:
> 
> master slave mode = true
> load balancing mode = true
> replication mode = false
> 
> Where I got one master and one slave with Slony replication, and both of
> those database servers are using md5 authentication. Now I figured out md5
> is currently not supported for pool_hba.conf file. How is it possible to
> cater for such a scenario and I dont want to change the authentication
> methods for db server. Is there a workaround?
> 
> Also wanted to ask if anyone has an idea to when md5 will be supported in
> pool_hba.conf file?
> 
> Regards,
> Shoaib