Here we go again. Antonio, you are talking about something you don't know anything about.
a) passwords are encrypted b) there are other safeguards built in If you are worried about packet sniffers than you got a much bigger problem. I stated this before and I say it again. You have lots of security features at your disposal, from your OS, VPN, ssh, web server, SQL server to SL. Use it, read the FAQ. Dieter Simader http://www.sql-ledger.org (780) 472-8161 DWS Systems Inc. Accounting Software Fax: 478-5281 =========== On a clear disk you can seek forever =========== On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Antonio Gallardo Rivera wrote: > Hi Dieter: > > I saw a little security problem in SQL Ledger: > > Problem: > Some one can get your account name and password. > > How: > With a TCP/IP packet sniffer someone can check the responses from the Web > Server inside your LAN or Internet. When the Web Client is receiving the menu > sidebar, there are many time the username and password in plain text! > > Resolution: > First: I am not a security expert to tell exactly how to resolve this problem. > May be using encrypted password or some kind of session cokies can help us. I > saw some encrypt libraries in Perl. > > Regards, > > Antonio Gallardo > > > > > El S�bado, 10 de Agosto de 2002 21:08, William Hamilton escribi�: > > I am after some comments form people using SL as a point of sale > > application. I have a client who has asked me to develop an application > > to track sales, inventory and commissions for sales people in the store. > > > > SL sprung to mind as a good option.. any comments or experiances? > > > > tia > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > ------------------------------------------------------- > (un)subscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users > Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------- (un)subscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
