>Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 15:00:29 -0500
>From: Loren Finkelstein <Loren@Finkelstein.Net>
>
>on 3/18/00 6:29 AM, Steve Weyer at sweyer@bellatlantic.net wrote:
>
>> ... if by "secure site" you mean SSL encryption,
>> then none of the Newton browsers (including Newt's Cape) support that at
>> the moment...
>>
>I don't really know what I meant. I guess I was thinking of something like
>the New York Times site, that I can visit with Newt's Cape. I get prompted
>for a password and then I am in. It doesn't really matter. It was just
>wishful thinking anyway. :-)
user name and password is usually done via a challenge and response known
as "Basic Authentication". password is hidden in plain text via a very
simple encoding.
SSL (secure socket layer) used for more rigorous transactions,
such as providing your credit card or personal info.
(this uses encryption; if more than 56-bits, then at least in US, browser
provider has to guarantee that they're not exporting such a "munition" to
places like Iraq; the URL would have https: instead of http: ; the browser
would display a little lock in corner)
Steve
weyer@kagi.com
NewtDevEnv, Newt's Cape, Sloup, Crypto,...
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sweyer/newton/index.htm
http://www.kagi.com/weyer
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