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Using a JS lib would not mitigate any risk here unless the compromising of the server that hosts the JS is separate from the compromsing of your web server.
by Stefan-H 11y ago
Using a JS lib would not mitigate any risk here unless the compromising of the server that hosts the JS is separate from the compromsing of your web server.
- k3d3 11y agoIt mitigates passive MITM attacks, for one. On the other hand, there's nothing that's made _worse_ by choosing to do it that way. Plenty of things that are the same, some things better, but nothing worse.
- Stefan-H 11y agoHardly - if you are not using HTTPS in the first place then sending the hash across the wire instead of the password are the least of your worries.