Re: is this webpage secure?

From: Peter Pearson (ppearson_at_nowhere.invalid)
Date: 11/29/05


Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:33:21 -0800

Newsbox wrote:
> The question that remains in my mind is why anyone would bother with the
> additional complexities involved in doing so, along with all the new
> possible sources of error and insecurity, especially for a simple login
> page. I'm sure those who write these pages have their reasons, but it
> seems like a bad idea to me.

I agree that straightforward tends to be better. I believe
the motivation is saving the processing power that would
be spent setting up secure sessions for people who come to
the login page but do not log in.

-- 
Peter Pearson
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