Figy, Kam wrote:
> 
> There's a lot more you can do besides hashing stored passwords if you're
> forced to use a non-SSL connection, such as using javascript to do
> challenge-response authentication (CHAP).

CHAP is vulnerable to chosen plaintext attacks. I would recommend 
using HTTP Digest Authentication if you can not use SSL. See RFC 
2617.

Jochem

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