Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-05-05 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 20:27, martin f krafft wrote: > never say impossible. Quite. Way too many people will click continue to all the "this certificate is not certified by anyone trusted" and "this certificate certifies a different site" warnings. Most people would click continue if their browse

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-05-04 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 20:27, martin f krafft wrote: > never say impossible. Quite. Way too many people will click continue to all the "this certificate is not certified by anyone trusted" and "this certificate certifies a different site" warnings. Most people would click continue if their brows

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-28 Thread eim
Well, yes... you're right ! ** Never say impossible ** On Sat, 2002-04-27 at 02:27, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach eim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.26.1757 +0200]: > > With https data will be encripted and it's impossible to > > find out login and password because they're not sent over > >

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-28 Thread eim
Well, yes... you're right ! ** Never say impossible ** On Sat, 2002-04-27 at 02:27, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach eim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.26.1757 +0200]: > > With https data will be encripted and it's impossible to > > find out login and password because they're not sent over >

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Dan Faerch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.27.2120 +0200]: > > you know their algorithm against MAC table overflow? > No i dont.. I would be very interrested in reading about it, if you know of > a link.. Im sure that it would be possible to enforce some level of > security.. it's quite s

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Dan Faerch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.27.2120 +0200]: > > you know their algorithm against MAC table overflow? > No i dont.. I would be very interrested in reading about it, if you know of > a link.. Im sure that it would be possible to enforce some level of > security.. it's quite

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-27 Thread Dan Faerch
Gareth Bowker wrote: >If someone's already logged in, and they visit a webpage on the same domain >which asks for a username and password for the same realm as the one used to >log in, the browser will send the username/password pair without asking the >user for any confirmation. >At least I assu

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-27 Thread Dan Faerch
Gareth Bowker wrote: >If someone's already logged in, and they visit a webpage on the same domain >which asks for a username and password for the same realm as the one used to >log in, the browser will send the username/password pair without asking the >user for any confirmation. >At least I ass

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-27 Thread Schusselig Brane
Steve Mickeler wrote: > > Trust not in switches. > > They too can be easily manipulated unless you have locked them down at a > mac address and port level. > > 'apt-get install dsniff' ; 'man arpspoof' Of course, which is one of the things I had in mind when I said: > > topology. Switches tend

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-27 Thread Gareth Bowker
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 03:32:45AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Dan Faerch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.26.1955 +0200]: > > Second more, if your users are allowed to have pages on the same > > address as the login system, the browser can, without much effort, > > be tricked into givi

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-27 Thread Schusselig Brane
Steve Mickeler wrote: > > Trust not in switches. > > They too can be easily manipulated unless you have locked them down at a > mac address and port level. > > 'apt-get install dsniff' ; 'man arpspoof' Of course, which is one of the things I had in mind when I said: > > topology. Switches ten

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-27 Thread Gareth Bowker
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 03:32:45AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Dan Faerch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.26.1955 +0200]: > > Second more, if your users are allowed to have pages on the same > > address as the login system, the browser can, without much effort, > > be tricked into giv

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Dan Faerch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.26.1955 +0200]: > Second more, if your users are allowed to have pages on the same > address as the login system, the browser can, without much effort, > be tricked into giving away your systems username and password to > a personal user page...

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach eim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.26.1757 +0200]: > With https data will be encripted and it's impossible to > find out login and password because they're not sent over > the net in a clear way. never say impossible. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \__

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread Mike Renfro
On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 07:55:06PM +0200, Dan Faerch wrote: > You should be aware, that when you use normal .htaccess protection, > browser never logout..With eg. Internet Explorer, all intances of IE > have to be closed to make the browser forget the login.. Actually, I think instances of IE tha

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Dan Faerch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.26.1955 +0200]: > Second more, if your users are allowed to have pages on the same > address as the login system, the browser can, without much effort, > be tricked into giving away your systems username and password to > a personal user page...

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach eim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.26.1757 +0200]: > With https data will be encripted and it's impossible to > find out login and password because they're not sent over > the net in a clear way. never say impossible. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \_

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread Mike Renfro
On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 07:55:06PM +0200, Dan Faerch wrote: > You should be aware, that when you use normal .htaccess protection, > browser never logout..With eg. Internet Explorer, all intances of IE > have to be closed to make the browser forget the login.. Actually, I think instances of IE th

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread Dan Faerch
o i hope im not repeating anything already said) - Dan Faerch A/S ScanNet (Denmark) - Original Message - From: "eim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Schusselig Brane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:57 PM Subject: Re: A more secure form of .h

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread Dan Faerch
o i hope im not repeating anything already said) - Dan Faerch A/S ScanNet (Denmark) - Original Message - From: "eim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Schusselig Brane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:57 PM Subject

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread eim
Hallo Brane, I'm actually a K-13 student, and so in my 'strategic' position I'm on both sides, admin of debian box and 3v1l cracker :) No, well.. I was just kidding, I have really better things to do than actually cracking Debian boxes in pubblic environments, but anyway I what do you think about

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread eim
Hallo Brane, I'm actually a K-13 student, and so in my 'strategic' position I'm on both sides, admin of debian box and 3v1l cracker :) No, well.. I was just kidding, I have really better things to do than actually cracking Debian boxes in pubblic environments, but anyway I what do you think abou

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread Steve Mickeler
Trust not in switches. They too can be easily manipulated unless you have locked them down at a mac address and port level. 'apt-get install dsniff' ; 'man arpspoof' > Another option would be to run switches instead of normal hub or bus > topology. Switches tend not to allow other nodes on a n

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-26 Thread Schusselig Brane
Tom Dominico wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have written some php-based internal systems for our users. Users are > required to authenticate to access this system, and their login > determines what they are allowed to do within the system. I am > concerned that their logging in with cleartext pass

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-25 Thread Steve Mickeler
Trust not in switches. They too can be easily manipulated unless you have locked them down at a mac address and port level. 'apt-get install dsniff' ; 'man arpspoof' > Another option would be to run switches instead of normal hub or bus > topology. Switches tend not to allow other nodes on a

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-25 Thread Schusselig Brane
Tom Dominico wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have written some php-based internal systems for our users. Users are > required to authenticate to access this system, and their login > determines what they are allowed to do within the system. I am > concerned that their logging in with cleartext pas

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-22 Thread Greg Hunt
You might want to take a look at using digest authentication, which sends a MD5 digest of the pasword instead of the actual password. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/auth.html > I have written some php-based internal systems for our users. Users are > required to authenticate to access this

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-22 Thread Jay Kline
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > I am wondering if any of you have had similar problems. What is a more > secure way for people to login? Is SSL an option, and if so, how do I > go about using it? Do I have to purchase a certificate? Or is there > some other option? Finally, sh

A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-22 Thread Tom Dominico
Hello all, I have written some php-based internal systems for our users. Users are required to authenticate to access this system, and their login determines what they are allowed to do within the system. I am concerned that their logging in with cleartext passwords is a security risk. I work i

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-22 Thread Greg Hunt
You might want to take a look at using digest authentication, which sends a MD5 digest of the pasword instead of the actual password. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/auth.html > I have written some php-based internal systems for our users. Users are > required to authenticate to access this

Re: A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-22 Thread Jay Kline
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > I am wondering if any of you have had similar problems. What is a more > secure way for people to login? Is SSL an option, and if so, how do I > go about using it? Do I have to purchase a certificate? Or is there > some other option? Finally, s

A more secure form of .htaccess?

2002-04-22 Thread Tom Dominico
Hello all, I have written some php-based internal systems for our users. Users are required to authenticate to access this system, and their login determines what they are allowed to do within the system. I am concerned that their logging in with cleartext passwords is a security risk. I work