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Does TLS encrypt passwords?
TLS Basics. Transport Layer Security (TLS) encrypts data sent over the Internet to ensure that eavesdroppers and hackers are unable to see what you transmit which is particularly useful for private and sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers, and personal correspondence.
Should you hash a password before sending to server?
It should be irreversibly hashed before leaving the client as there is no need for the server to know the actual password. Hashing then transmitting solves security issues for lazy users that use the same password in multiple locations (I know I do).
Should I hash passwords client side?
Hashing passwords makes it possible to use them for authentication, while making it hard to reconstruct the original password. Hashing passwords on the client may be beneficial: even though it does not protect against attackers, it does protect against accidental mistakes.
Do we need to encrypt password?
Summary: password should be hashed (“encrypted” is not the correct term for that) to protect against attackers who gain read-only access to the database where a server stores whatever it needs to verify passwords. Encrypting a password is typically used to protect it from eavesdropping.
Do you use SSL or TLS for HTTPS?
Just for completeness: HTTPS uses SSL/TLS. It originally stood for “HTTP over SSL”. Nowadays SSL has been found vulnerable, and you should use its successor TLS. On the server, you make a hash of (password + salt value).
Is it safe to hash the password before sending it to the server?
Furthermore, if your application is depending on HTTPS to keep it’s content secure, then it’s useless to hash the password before sending it over HTTPS (i.e. if an attacker can unencrypt the data on the wire, you’re screwed anyways) No, in fact this would be a vulnerability.
Is there encryption of passwords needed for an HTTPS?
The HTTPS encryption stops at the application server, but the encrypted credentials are still protected until they reach the authentication server. Now I’m not sure that makes a whole lot of sense, but as I said I’ve met clients who request such a thing.
Is it safe to send a password over HTTPS?
The OP never mentioned sending the password in clear over HTTP – only HTTPS, yet many seem to be responding to the question of sending a password over HTTP for some reason. That said: I believe passwords should never be retained (let alone transmitted) in plain text. That means not kept on disk, or even in memory.