Re:Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in...
by jeltz on Thursday March 21, 2019 @05:44PM
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You should check out SCRAM. It solves this problem without sending the hash or the plain text.
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Re:Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in...
by crazygringo on Thursday March 21, 2019 @06:41PM
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Fascinating. Yes that does solve the problem, and most importantly doesn't send the hash (unlike what the commenter I was responding to was suggesting, which continues to horrify me).
Most interestingly, it solves the problem where the server may not be trusted. I see how this would have protected against the Facebook problem.
I'm curious, have any major websites you're aware of adopted SCRAM as a best security practice? It feels kind of like overkill, since generally the server is considered to be trusted... but at the same time, it would definitely prevent accidental logging.