Masking password from user in HTML Webforms
I am working on a weblog application in php and javascript. I am using Windows Live ID for authentication. User must provide password for Windows Live Writer, because Live Writer cannot use Live ID.
I want the user to be able to edit their password in the html webform. although the password is entered in the password field showing only *, the value is clearly visible inside the html. Is there a way to hide or hide the password in html? I cannot use the new type of password of the new type because no password is required. Any ideas?
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If they cannot see anything other than the "*" symbols, they cannot edit the existing password, so there is no need to set the value of this input field. Just let them introduce a new one from scratch.
Also, to save the new value, open the change password form and the response is POSTed over HTTPS, not HTTP.
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In most applications, the password cannot be returned to the user for editing. I, and most security oriented programmers, hashed their passwords, so there is no way to find the original password, the apps just store the hash. When someone logs into the site, they take the provided password, hash it, and compare it to the stored hash to see if it matches. This effectively ensures that the user's password cannot be stolen using SQL Injection.
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