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From: Min Sheng Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 2:20 AM
Subject: Basic Authentication over SSL
> Just wondering how secure is basic authentication over SSL?
> The way I understand SSL is that it runs over TCP/IP and and under HTTP,
so
> all HTTP traffic is encrypted, including the user/password pairs send by
the
> browser with each page request when basic authentication is used.
> Is that correct?
Yes. It is true. It is as secure as what the encryption and key selection
offers.
Lin Geng
>
> thanks for any help.
> Min
>
>
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