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You log passwords?
by wvbdmp 1y ago
You log passwords?
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- zeta0134 1y agoJust about nobody logs passwords on purpose. But really stupid IoT devices accept credentials as like query strings, or part of the path or something, and it's common to log those. The attacker is sending you passwords meant for a much less secure system.
- SoftTalker 1y agoYou probably shouldn't log usernames then, or really any form fields, as users might accidentally enter a password into one of them. Kind of defeats the point of web forms, but safety is important!
- Dylan16807 1y agoAre you using a very weird definition of "logging" to make a joke? Web forms don't need any logging to work.
- SoftTalker 1y agoYou save them in a database. Probably in clear text. Six of one, half-dozen of the other.
- Dylan16807 1y agoA password being put into a normal text field in a properly submitted form is a lot less likely than getting into some query or path. And a database is more likely to be handled properly than some random log file. Six of one, .008 of a dozen of the other.
- hinkley 1y agoSo no access logs at all then? That sounds effective.
- stronglikedan 1y agoSure, why not. Log every secret you come across (or that comes across you). Just don't log your own secrets. Like OP said, it lead down some interesting trails.
- dpkirchner 1y agoI remember back before ssh was a thing folks would log login attempts -- it was easy to get some people's passwords because it was common for them to accidentally use them as the username (which are always safe to log, amirite?). All you had to do was watch for a failed login followed by a successful login from the same IP.