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Re: HTTPS data in a form

From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: HTTPS data in a form
Date 2016-09-17 21:17 +0200
Organization PointedEars Software (PES)
Message-ID <2368565.mvXUDI8C0e@PointedEars.de> (permalink)
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Arno Welzel wrote:

> bit-naughty@hotmail.com schrieb am 2016-09-16 um 06:45:
>> If I have a form where there's a username and a password, and I'd
>> like only the *password* to be encrypted before being sent to the
>> server, NOT the username, how do I code the form HTML? I'm not really
> 
> There is no way for sending a password encrypted without using
> JavaScript in the client side -

This is, of course, wrong.  If a form is sent to a resource that is only 
available via HTTPs, then all the form data is sent encrypted, including 
passwords.  Client-side JavaScript is not required for that.

>> clear about HTTPS - if whatever it is is encrypted, then how is it
>> decrypted later? Like, if my mail is being viewed over a HTTPS
>> connection, then there must be a way to decrypt it, right, otherwise
>> I wouldn't be able to see it....? What is it that's stored on the
>> server side exactly?
> 
> What does this have to do with PHP?

Nothing, indeed.  PHP would only generate the HTML form.

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HTTPS data in a form bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-09-15 21:45 -0700
  Re: HTTPS data in a form "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-09-16 07:52 +0200
  Re: HTTPS data in a form Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-17 15:57 +0200
    Re: HTTPS data in a form Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-17 21:17 +0200
      Re: HTTPS data in a form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-17 17:02 -0400
        Re: HTTPS data in a form "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2016-09-21 11:33 -0500
          Re: HTTPS data in a form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-23 08:47 -0400
          Re: HTTPS data in a form Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-24 22:11 +0200
      Re: HTTPS data in a form Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-19 21:36 +0200
        Re: HTTPS data in a form Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-19 23:28 +0200
          Re: HTTPS data in a form "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-09-19 23:44 +0200
            Re: HTTPS data in a form Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-19 23:57 +0200
              Re: HTTPS data in a form "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-09-20 19:00 +0200
          Re: HTTPS data in a form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-19 21:00 -0400
          Re: HTTPS data in a form Stefan+Usenet@Froehlich.Priv.at (Stefan Froehlich) - 2016-09-20 05:59 +0000
            Re: HTTPS data in a form Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-20 15:40 +0200
              Re: HTTPS data in a form "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-09-20 18:39 +0200
                Re: HTTPS data in a form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-20 14:36 -0400
              Re: HTTPS data in a form Stefan+Usenet@Froehlich.Priv.at (Stefan Froehlich) - 2016-09-20 21:04 +0000
                Re: HTTPS data in a form Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-24 21:58 +0200
                Re: HTTPS data in a form Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-26 19:43 +0200
              Re: HTTPS data in a form Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-23 09:14 +0200
                Re: HTTPS data in a form Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-24 22:00 +0200
                Re: HTTPS data in a form Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-26 19:44 +0200
          Re: HTTPS data in a form Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-20 08:20 +0200
            Re: HTTPS data in a form Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-20 15:41 +0200
              Re: HTTPS data in a form Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-23 09:02 +0200
                Re: HTTPS data in a form Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-24 22:06 +0200
                Re: HTTPS data in a form Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-26 19:49 +0200
  Re: HTTPS data in a form Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2016-09-18 14:22 -0400
    Re: HTTPS data in a form Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-19 23:36 +0200
      Re: HTTPS data in a form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-19 21:03 -0400
  Re: HTTPS data in a form "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2016-09-21 11:29 -0500

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