Re: HTTPS data in a form

From	"Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: HTTPS data in a form
Date	2016-09-21 11:29 -0500
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2016 21:45:45 -0700 (PDT), bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote:

> 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?

html and https have essentially nothing to do with each other. html is
the poem and https is whether it's being read over radio broadcast,
television, or cell phone.

> I'm not really 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?

The webserver takes care of all the decryption and encryption necessary.
By the time you get to see it, you're dealing with it only in
unencrypted form. HTTPS only protects data from being spied on IN
TRANSIT between the browser on a user's computer and the webserver.

-- 
28. My pet monster will be kept in a secure cage from which it cannot 
   escape and into which I could not accidentally stumble.
        --Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord

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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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