On 17 Dec 2013, at 2:08 PM, P T <pthimmapu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I deployed a small app on the intranet and noticed that the username and 
> password are transmitted in plain text (using a tool WireShark, 
> http://www.wireshark.org/).
> 
> Here is my setup: 
> 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2013.11.28.13.54.07
> (Running on Rocket 1.2.6, Python 2.7.6) 
> Database: Postgresql
> 
> So, I checked the model and noticed that my auth did not include hmac_key. 
> So, I changed that to
> 
> auth = Auth(db, hmac_key=Auth.get_or_create_key()) 
> 
> But, this did not help either.
> 
> What should I do to make sure that user's passwords are transmitted as 
> encrypted? 

Use SSL.

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