On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 15:21 -0800, yogesh kamat wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using httpclient 4.1.3 to authenticate with a CAS server using basic 
> authentication and POST. When I turn on debug logs for the java process, this 
> results in my password being logged in clear text in the logs.(through 
> httpclient wire logging) Is this expected? Any way around this other than 
> sending an encrypted password in the first place?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Yogesh

Yes, it is. HttpClient does not attempt to obfuscate security sensitive
information contained in message headers or body. You should not be
using header / wire logging in productive environments.

Oleg



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