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| | myers.io

Every so often I see posts on Stack Exchange, or Hacker News where someone has figured out that their passwords are being sent to the server and the server can see them! The logic that we see is that if the password is hashed client side, then only the hash needs to be sent to the server, so the server never knows the password. Unfortunately, I sometimes even see this go one step further when people suggest that with this arrangement, HTTPS isnt required. Wrong.
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| | kevquirk.com

Ever wondered how websites check your password? I mean, how can they check your password without being able to read it? It's a catch 22, surely?
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| | qsantos.fr

[AI summary] The article discusses the security implications of client-side password hashing, arguing that it can be secure when combined with memory-hard functions and proper implementation.
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| | www.mikekasberg.com

Several weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about how horrible it is to have to deal with the various password restrictions websites use. Of...
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