[ale] Question

[Brian Pitts]

Terry Bailey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When passwords are generated by htpasswd, the file generated by 
> htpasswd has lines that look like the following:
> 
> Sonny: Pq..eh58Yc4PG
> 
> Suppose the encryption stands for Irishboy
> 
> What goes out over The Internet, Irishboy or Pq..eh58Yc4PG ?

What goes out over the internet is SXJpc2hib3k=, Irishboy encoded 
base64. If you want encryption, set up SSL or look into HTTP digest 
authentication.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_auth_digest.html

-Brian