Re: Idea for securityfix in HTML

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On Friday November 15 2002 16:04, Xatr0z wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We have got an idea for an securityfix in HTML. When people send
> sensitive information with HTML forms, this information can be read.
> This is very insecure,
> just like the FTP protocol sends passwords without encryption. This
> is also the reason that a lot of WWWebsites are using https://
> instead of http://.

This is why we have SSL-enabled http (https), and I see no reason why 
your proposal would be useful at all. If you want security, use SSL.

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Shawn K. Quinn
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