Re: HTTP POST in default browser
Sabine Dinis Blochberger wrote:
Steven Simpson wrote:
Sabine Dinis Blochberger wrote:
I also know it's possible to make a POST request in my application, but
it is not a browser, nor will it ever be one. I don't think I can open
the browser with the response from this.
There's a certain redirection code (303 See Other) which can be used as
a POST response and means "GET xxx". If you have control of the server
and can make it send that, maybe you can just pass the resulting address
to the browser.
<http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.3.4>
The POST is sort of a login. It's not secure by necessity.
303 might not work if the POSTer and the GETter have to be the same
client, as you might expect from a login.
Thanks for the tip. We're going the GET route and MD5 the passphrase
string.
you might as well send it plain text. MD5 is not encryption, its a hash.
Someone could simply steel the MD5, and use it to log in.
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