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Re: Securing password between webserver & appserver.


From: Robert Hajime Lanning <robert.lanning () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:58:49 +0100

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Chintan Oza<chintan.oza () gmail com> wrote:
Browser<-HTTPS->WebServer<-->AppServer

We have a requirement where password should not be available to the
WebServer (even in hashed format).

CHAP should work just fine.  Just make sure the challenge is randomly generated.

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