Re: [xwiki-users] standard authentication password handling

2010-02-25 Thread Guillaume Lerouge
Hi Sergiu, On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > On 02/25/2010 07:36 PM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote: > > Hi Alaina, > > > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Alaina > wrote: > > > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I was wondering how the standard authentication handles user > >> passwor

Re: [xwiki-users] standard authentication password handling

2010-02-25 Thread Sergiu Dumitriu
On 02/25/2010 07:36 PM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote: > Hi Alaina, > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Alaina wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I was wondering how the standard authentication handles user >> passwords. Especially I would like to know whether those passwords get >> sent from the client to

Re: [xwiki-users] standard authentication password handling

2010-02-25 Thread Guillaume Lerouge
Hi Alaina, On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Alaina wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering how the standard authentication handles user > passwords. Especially I would like to know whether those passwords get > sent from the client to the server in plaintext or whether they get > encrypted. >

[xwiki-users] standard authentication password handling

2010-02-25 Thread Alaina
Hi everyone, I was wondering how the standard authentication handles user passwords. Especially I would like to know whether those passwords get sent from the client to the server in plaintext or whether they get encrypted. Or in other words is it safe to use a non-encrypted http connection or sh