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Posted by David Hennessy on 10/16/07 02:10
Tom wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:08:39 -0700, David Hennessy wrote...
>> Hi! Is there any way to limit the number of retries when using HTTP
>> authentication in PHP?
>>
>
> I've seen lots of sites more to web forms instead of the usual pop-up gray login
> boxes that are normally used with HTTP authentication. IF you tried using that
> method you can probably keep track of IP address information and setup
> restrictions after so many retries.
That makes sense. Do you think it would be safe to say that HTTP
authentication is insecure, since it permits infinite retries?
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Namaste,
David
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