+1, any OP worth its code will use HTTPS when working with passwords or user 
data.

--David 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ka-Ping Yee
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:58 PM
To: Claus Färber
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [security] Passwords in the clear

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Claus Färber wrote:
> Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> >     Password entry in chrome.
> > If we can get users out of the habit of typing their passwords into 
> > arbitrary webpages, that'll be a serious blow against phishing.
>
> It does not matter how the password is entered as long as it sent to 
> the website in clear.

You're talking about a different problem, which we already know how to address 
-- the login form should use HTTPS instead of HTTP.


-- ?!ng
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