[ale] Question

[James Sumners]

That depends on the connection type: http or https. If it is http,
then the user sends the plain text password ("Irishboy"). If it is
https, then the transaction should be ecrypted point-to-point.

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Terry Bailey <terry at bitlinx.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  When passwords are generated by htpasswd, the file generated by
>  htpasswd has lines that look like the following:
>
>  Sonny: Pq..eh58Yc4PG
>
>  Suppose the encryption stands for Irishboy
>
>  What goes out over The Internet, Irishboy or Pq..eh58Yc4PG ?
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Terry Bailey

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