I know that you can do both. It seemed from previous postings, however,
that there was an issue about the urgency of each, if they are actually
separate issues. I would have thought that the two are linked, and would be
solved as such.
MikeA
>> I have no idea where this misconception came from, but it's
>> just plain
>> incorrect. You can do both - store hashes instead of
>> plaintext passwords and
>> send logins securely over the network. Yes, the current
>> authentication
>> scheme does not allow for it. But it just means that the
>> scheme is outdated.
>> There are plenty of good secure solutions. It's just a
>> matter of choosing
>> one.
>>
>> Gene Sokolov.
>>