> -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Davies [mailto:rasputnik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > You make it sound as though it's still a problem over SSL - > is that what you mean? It can't be snooped but it's still vulnerable. Each login attempt is regarded as a unique HTTP request and so is handled as fast as the server can respond. This makes it prone to a brute-force dictionary attack. You can write a script to fire off requests and cycle through username/passwords as fast as the server can handle them. Contrast this with an OS login where typically there is a dwell-period after a failed login and even a shutdown after too many failures. To replicate the OS-like behaviour, you need to use session-management (cookies) and have the login via a form. Then, in your form-handler, you can put in a sleep after failed logins and so on... Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > -- > 'My life, and by extension everyone else's, is meaningless.' > -- Bender > Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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