Re: Netscape's use of SSL Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk)
Sun, 07 Nov 1999 23:26:48 +0000

Tyler Close wrote:
>
> This time it really was Ben Laurie who wrote:
> > The secret bits should be conveyed by something
> > other than the URL. For
> > example, POST data in a form, or output from a
> > client-side Java app
> > (also posted).
>
> Why?

Not for any fundamentally good reason: simply because browsers tend to show the URL to people but not POSTed data. Certainly not when it comes from a Java app. For example. So it is a defence against shoulder-surfing.

Cheers,

Ben.

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