<varlistentry>
<term><literal>crypt</></term>
<listitem>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ This option is recommended only for communicating with pre-7.2
+ clients.
+ </para>
+ </note>
<para>
Require the client to supply a <function>crypt()</>-encrypted
password for authentication.
- <literal>md5</literal> is preferred for 7.2 and later clients,
- but pre-7.2 clients only support <literal>crypt</>.
+ <literal>md5</literal> is now recommended over <literal>crypt</>.
See <xref linkend="auth-password"> for details.
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
If you are at all concerned about password
<quote>sniffing</> attacks then <literal>md5</> is preferred, with
- <literal>crypt</> a second choice if you must support pre-7.2
- clients. Plain <literal>password</> should especially be avoided for
+ <literal>crypt</> to be used only if you must support pre-7.2
+ clients. Plain <literal>password</> should be avoided especially for
connections over the open Internet (unless you use <acronym>SSL</acronym>,
<acronym>SSH</>, or another
communications security wrapper around the connection).