Rajaneesh wrote:
Hi,
It uses Base64 for sending the data. Heard that Base64 data is easily compramised compared to SSL.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
You are not wrong. HTTP Basic authentication uses base64 encoding of user credentials. base64 is encoding, not encrypting. The only thing you need is a program to decode it. UNIX has a freeware utility "base64", which can do that.
SSL is encryption using asymetric+symetric encryption. Asymetric is used for the initial handshake/negotiation (usually RSA) and symmetric is for the channel traffic encryption (usually 3DES).
Nix.
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