A good way to go is there to prefer to send the credentials in HTTP POST as encrypted datas.
Le 30 août 2011 à 01:12, Matthias Rebbe a écrit : > Bob, > > thanks. I am aware of that. The data is not top secret, but should not be > free available for everyone. We use other authentication methods for more > critical data. > > Regards, > > Matthias > > Am 30.08.2011 um 00:49 schrieb Bob Sneidar: > >> Not sure, but as you must know, cleartext passwords are easily sniffable. As >> long as the web site is not serving up private or critical information, I >> suppose there's no harm, but if it is, then you should consider using https >> and having a form that gets the credentials. >> >> Bob >> >> >> On Aug 29, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Matthias Rebbe wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> is revServer able to read/get the username of an http authentication, if >>> username and password are included in the url. >>> >>> for example >>> >>> http://JohnDoe:abcd...@web.com is the url the customer uses to connect to >>> the server. Is it possible for revServer to get the username JohnDoe? >>> >>> Or are username and password removed by apache completely before passing >>> the url to revServer? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Matthias >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode