Re: for the security minded web developer - secure way to login?

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> I think just use a flippin' ssl server and be done with it.>
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> When I go to a website that requires me to let them execute JavaScript I> rarely go back.>
Many people do this, I hope that the OP realizes this.
> You can use SSL for the login and only the login - I know that it means> either using a self signed cert or paying big bucks, for anything with> e-commerce you want to pay big bucks for a cert, there is no other option.> For anything not e-commerce, using a self signed cert seems a lot more> secure to me than having the browser grab some salt off your server, use> javascript to encrypt the pass, and then sending it back.>
Have you seen the fit Firefox 3 makes for self-signed certs? So far asthe end user is concerned, the site is inaccesible.
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