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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:32 PM
To: Dynapi-Help
Subject: [Dynapi-Help] theoretical javascript question


Would it be possible, in theory, to securely validate a password client
side?

Obviously, simple string matching would not work because the client could
view the source to find the correct password.

But I have this vague notion (my upper level math skills are very rusty):

Parsing the password up into characters perhaps, converting the chars
to numbers, and then passing the numbers into the variables of a set
of non-linear equations that must be solved simulataneously (in javascript,
a set of functions that must return true simultaneously).  I have no idea
how you could generate the necessary difficult-to-solve set of equations
given a particular password, but am curious to know if such an approach
is viable even in theory.  Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Jonah


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