[Bug 13067] Password hashing

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13067

--- Comment #3 from gunniboyh@web.de 2012-02-02 09:07:59 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > I like this idea.  Why assume a web application will hash a password.  Why ever
> > send a clear password?
> > 
> > If this were a default it would better protect user's.
> > 
> > The hard question is what or how to salt?  This would need to be effortless on
> > the user.
> 
> 
> This is already done in WWW Digest authentication. It bypasses <form> controls
> altogether.

That's the point. I suppose to incorporate this (or similar) functionality into
regular HTML forms.

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Received on Thursday, 2 February 2012 09:08:03 UTC