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I have a quick question that I hope someone on here would know about.

My work email uses Oracle Server. One of our servers is currently down and I noticed that because the login request did not go through that the login information is actually passed through the address...as in:

mail.something.com/login.msc?user=something&password=myPassword

This is an https site, but does that mean that the address is passed through the internet in an encrypted form? Or could anyone that intercepts that http request see the login and password information?

Posted 25-Sep-10 3:55am

William Winner

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Sandeep Mewara · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-25T05:28:00

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The data contained in the URL query on an HTTPS connection is encrypted. I find the a good explaination given by 'sycophant-ga' here[^].

Further, there is a slight difference in kind of request it is... GET or POST. This[^] blog article explains on it, have a look.

So a POST with HTTPS should be a good option.

Posted 25-Sep-10 5:28am

Sandeep Mewara

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William Winner 25-Sep-10 11:37am

Thanks Sandeep

William Winner 25-Sep-10 11:38am

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