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| | Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control |
 | | Although, as you will see in a moment, the passwords are encrypted in the file, if a cracker were to gain access to the file, it would be an aid in their attempt to figure out the passwords. |
 | | And, because people tend to be sloppy with the passwords that they choose, and use the same password for web site authentication as for their bank account, this potentially be a very serious breach of security, even if the content on your web site is not particularly sensitive. |
 | | Although the password is stored on the server in encrypted format, it is passed from the client to the server in plain text across the network. |
| httpd.apache.org /docs/1.3/howto/auth.html (5326 words) |
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