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badmonkey0001
on June 14, 2011
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If you develop web apps, don't do this.
POST can be sniffed and is only slightly less vulnerable than GET. HTTPS at a dedicated address should be a minimum level of security for a login form. Anything else is readily vulnerable to sniffing or spoofing.
stcredzero
on June 14, 2011
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Properly implementing hashed passwords with challenge-response will protect your login, though your session information can still be sniffed.
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