Hi Alaina, On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Alaina <[email protected]> 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. > > Or in other words is it safe to use a non-encrypted http connection or > should I use to a SSL https connection to prevent password sniffing. > I think HTTPS is safer. Passwords are stored encrypted on the DB but AFAIK if you're using HTTP they're going to be sent plaintext to the wiki, thus allowing for sniffing during the transfer. I might be wrong though ;-) HTTPS is safer as a general rule anyway. Guillaume Thanks for your help, > --Alaina > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki SAS Skype: wikibc Twitter: glerouge http://guillaumelerouge.com/ _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
