On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, russm wrote:
> On 04/11/2003, at 3:45 AM, Tom Jackson wrote:
>
> > Digest Auth seems pretty useless if it requires storing plain text
> > passwords. That makes a big payoff for breaking into a webserver,
> > database or whatever stores the passwords.
>
> that's ridiculous - if you can't secure your server enough to protect
> the user passwords then you can't secure it enough to protect the
> content protected by those passwords, and you're already up the
> proverbial creek without a paddle.

The "put all the eggs in one basket, and WATCH THAT BASKET" philosophy?

The crypto community soundly rejected Auth-Digest.  Insulting someone's
administration skills doesn't change that, and it doesn't make Digest look
any better.


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