Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: Members - Passwords - Security

Author:Wesley Felter
Posted:6/24/1999; 5:11:30 PM
Topic:Members - Passwords - Security
Msg #:7804 (In response to 7793)
Prev/Next:7803 / 7805

Actually you don't have to decrypt them if you use a one-way password scheme. May I suggest MD5?

Of course, that doesn't solve the problem that all form submissions are passed in the clear (while HTTP authentication at least supports the "digest" scheme).




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