I'm going to try this:
http://plugins.jquery.com/project/sha256

On Sep 29, 6:18 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
> If not running over http session.secure() will prevent sessions from
> working and login will not work.
>
> hashing with a salt can easily be attacked.
>
> Massimo
>
> On Sep 29, 6:11 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Reddit seems to send a clear text password but Digg and a few others
> > seem to be hashing on the client using a token salt before sending.
> > I'm too cheap to pay for a unique IP and SSL so I will try that
> > first.
>
> > Question: Does session.secure do anything useful when *not* running
> > over https?
>
> > On Sep 29, 4:50 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I did not notice and that is bad.
>
> > > If your app uses authentication you should have
>
> > >      session.secure()
>
> > > and use HTTPS. The latter line will not accept sessions cookies
> > > without HTTPS.
>
> > > Massimo
>
> > > On Sep 29, 4:28 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > What are sites like reddit.com doing to secure their logins?
> > > > Anything?  The login request goes over http according to firebug.  I'm
> > > > just wondering if my wiki site needs https for login or http is
> > > > acceptable or if there is another trick I can use.
>
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Nathan
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