Re: Re: Do you trim() usernames and passwords?

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On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 07:00, David Hutto <smokefloat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but If you initially type the username and
> password into a file, and you have, in my paranoid scenario, a
> keylogger you don't know about, it get's logged, but also, i assume it
> would get logged if you typed it in as well, on the site, or that
> someone could lift the password if given the authority on your system,
> correct?
>

There is little us as serverside programmers can do when the user's
system is already compromised. However, securing the password down the
wire is certainly our job.


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