"ecoded" is a typo, and I am surprised chipmunk did not notice it ;--( When I (tried to!) use "encoded" on the other hand I meant that although the data is not transmitted in clear text anybody can decode it without needing a secret password. I would use "encrypted" for data that, even if intercepted by evil creatures, could not be made sense of without additional information (a private password).

In your case, if you don't trust your users the "hidden field holding the user name" trick will still be dangerous as a "legal" user could then guess another usrs login, change the form and act as if it were the other user. But regular authentication using a .htaccess file would work just fine I think.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: CGI Security by mirod
in thread CGI Security by ant

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