Comments on: Check Your Passwords http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/04/check-your-passwords/ Rebooting the workforce Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:28:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: wraith808 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/04/check-your-passwords/#comment-294223 wraith808 Fri, 02 May 2008 17:12:18 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=1855#comment-294223 No, in fact I'm right. Asynchronous Javascript and XML. Even though the parts of the page are updated from the server, other parts don't have to be. So just because one part of the page is updated from the server, the whole page doesn't have to be, i.e. the part that's updated in Javascript on the client-side as stated by another user. I might not have been as clear as I should have been... but no, the fact that it's AJAX doesn't mean that it *has* to submit to the server. No, in fact I’m right. Asynchronous Javascript and XML. Even though the parts of the page are updated from the server, other parts don’t have to be. So just because one part of the page is updated from the server, the whole page doesn’t have to be, i.e. the part that’s updated in Javascript on the client-side as stated by another user. I might not have been as clear as I should have been… but no, the fact that it’s AJAX doesn’t mean that it *has* to submit to the server.

]]> By: Katalog Stron http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/04/check-your-passwords/#comment-289105 Katalog Stron Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:59:12 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=1855#comment-289105 It seems to be useful tool. It seems to be useful tool.

]]> By: Ian Prince http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/04/check-your-passwords/#comment-289096 Ian Prince Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:34:56 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=1855#comment-289096 The Javascript function called is <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/includes/passwdcheck.js" rel="nofollow">here</a>. From a quick look it seems to be doing the check locally and not sending any data out over HTTP. Doesn't seem very sophisticated though. The Javascript function called is here. From a quick look it seems to be doing the check locally and not sending any data out over HTTP. Doesn’t seem very sophisticated though.

]]> By: ZeddZull http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/04/check-your-passwords/#comment-289074 ZeddZull Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:15:04 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=1855#comment-289074 Just to set the record straight - wraith is wrong - AJAX allows any data to be sent and retrieved from a Web server without having to refresh the page. It may happen when the page is loaded, but more frequently after the user has done something, such as entered a password. It would make perfect sense for a password checker to be AJAX-based (except for the obvious privacy issues) because you would like to submit the entered password to a server-based algorithm for checking - something that could be substantially more powerful than what client-side Java code might do. Just to set the record straight – wraith is wrong – AJAX allows any data to be sent and retrieved from a Web server without having to refresh the page. It may happen when the page is loaded, but more frequently after the user has done something, such as entered a password. It would make perfect sense for a password checker to be AJAX-based (except for the obvious privacy issues) because you would like to submit the entered password to a server-based algorithm for checking – something that could be substantially more powerful than what client-side Java code might do.

]]> By: Mike Gunderloy http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/04/check-your-passwords/#comment-289072 Mike Gunderloy Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:16:37 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=1855#comment-289072 In any case, calling this AJÅX was a mistake on my part; the password-strength checking is implemented in client-side JavaScript. In any case, calling this AJÅX was a mistake on my part; the password-strength checking is implemented in client-side JavaScript.

]]> By: wraith808 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/04/check-your-passwords/#comment-289071 wraith808 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:56:39 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=1855#comment-289071 Wrong. That's one of the reasons AJAX is in such wide use, and what the A in AJAX stands for Asynchronous. AJAX = Asynchronous Javascript and XML. Extra data is retrieved from the server using XmlHttpRequest at the time the page is loaded, so that the Javascript function calls _do not_ have to go back to the server, increasing response of web applications, and keeping the data within the client until it specifically requests that the data be sent back to the server. Wrong. That’s one of the reasons AJAX is in such wide use, and what the A in AJAX stands for Asynchronous. AJAX = Asynchronous Javascript and XML. Extra data is retrieved from the server using XmlHttpRequest at the time the page is loaded, so that the Javascript function calls _do not_ have to go back to the server, increasing response of web applications, and keeping the data within the client until it specifically requests that the data be sent back to the server.

]]> By: JC http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/04/check-your-passwords/#comment-289069 JC Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:19:59 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=1855#comment-289069 «an AJAX tool - so that the password you’re checking never actually leaves your own computer» How are these two related? I think that it would be really guaranteed that the password is not sent if it were NOT an AJAX tool (remember, AJAX = Xml<strong>HttpRequest</strong> — if it's AJAX, <em>something</em> is sent). «an AJAX tool – so that the password you’re checking never actually leaves your own computer»

How are these two related? I think that it would be really guaranteed that the password is not sent if it were NOT an AJAX tool (remember, AJAX = XmlHttpRequest — if it’s AJAX, something is sent).

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