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Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX

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On 25.06.2018 at 17:03, JJ wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Jun 2018 02:48:27 -0700 (PDT), bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have a Login box on my website, with a name and password field. When
>> it's submitted, I want it to happen without a refresh (ie. the
>> authentication), and I also want the form data to be ENCRYPTED between
>> client and server (because of the password). 
>>
>> Number 1) How do I submit? How do I get the form data into a format that
>> "request.send" in the AJAX call will take? Do I have to extract the form
>> data myself with "document.forms" and muck about with it somehow? and 2)
>> How do I encrypt? Is putting a "https" in the "request.open("POST",
>> https<blah blah>);" enough, or do I have to do something else? 
>>
>> Thanks muchly for your help.
> 
> You'll have to encrypt it manually, before the form is submitted.

Absolutely!  And by all means, use ROT13 for encryption, since it is the
strongest encryption method of all times! ;)

Kidding aside: why would you manually encrypt the form submission,
instead of relying on TLS?

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2018-06-25 02:48 -0700
  Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2018-06-25 22:03 +0700
    Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-06-25 17:21 +0200
      Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2018-06-26 14:59 +0700
        Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-26 16:47 +0200
          Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-06-26 21:09 -0400
            Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-27 09:45 +0200
              Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-06-27 00:54 -0700
              Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2018-06-27 13:29 +0000
                Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-06-27 15:47 +0200
                Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-06-27 16:00 +0100
                Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2018-06-27 08:11 -0700
                Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-06-28 01:53 +0100
                Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2018-06-27 21:48 -0700
                Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2018-06-28 09:17 +0000
                Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2018-06-28 03:25 -0700
                Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-06-27 14:04 -0700
                Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-06-28 13:54 +0200
                Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-06-28 13:46 -0700
  Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX jecxjo <jeff@sh0.xyz> - 2018-07-02 03:21 +0000
    Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-07-15 04:56 +0200
      Re: Submitting *encrypted* forms via AJAX "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2018-07-16 01:00 +0200

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