New draft TAG finding - Passwords in the Clear

All,

A new draft TAG finding is available for review and comments:

    Passwords in the Clear

    http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/passwordsInTheClear-52

Abstract:

The purpose of this finding is to clarify the security concerns around
using passwords on the world wide web.  Specifically, the objective is
to point out a few conclusions the TAG has come to;
1) Passwords MUST NOT be transmitted in clear test.
2) Passwords MUST NOT be displayed on the html form in clear test.
The purpose of this paper to explain these findings and give direction
around possible alternatives.

This will be discussed at the upcoming f2f meeting this week.
Comments on www-tag@w3.org are welcome.

Vincent.
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Received on Monday, 2 October 2006 09:03:26 UTC