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Bug 770774 - Libre,fm sends authentication password in plaintext.
Libre,fm sends authentication password in plaintext.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 768310
Product: rhythmbox
Classification: Other
Component: general
3.4
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: RhythmBox Maintainers
RhythmBox Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-09-03 01:10 UTC by gnome.vrb
Modified: 2016-09-03 01:22 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
https certificate warning (45.89 KB, image/png)
2016-09-03 01:10 UTC, gnome.vrb
Details

Description gnome.vrb 2016-09-03 01:10:16 UTC
Created attachment 334697 [details]
https certificate warning

Authentication in Libre.fm is currently done through http. Refer below: 

#define LIBREFM_AUTH_URL "http://alpha.libre.fm/api/auth/"

POST /api/auth/?api_key=a%20string%2032%20characters%20in%20length&token=86f7910b42332cb42538e5557ff79e9c HTTP/1.1
Host: alpha.libre.fm
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 121
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Origin: http://alpha.libre.fm
...
...
Cookie: __cfduid=d0964ec2b4a3f66efd367b82b5819cf8b1472763250; PHPSESSID=i7s8lik4nheutbcdk096cuqg40
username=xxxxxxx&password=__my__plain__password__&api_key=a+string+32+characters+in+length&token=86f7910b42332cb42538e5557ff79e9cHTTP/1.1

Making the url as "https", creates a warning ( see attachment ), as the SSL certificate installed in the server is not signed by a CA ( which costs money ). It is probably self signed. 

This should not be resolved as NOTGNOME, as rhythmbox should at-least warn the user of the implications, if "http" is going to be the way.
Comment 1 Jonathan Matthew 2016-09-03 01:22:28 UTC
(In reply to vrishab from comment #0)
> This should not be resolved as NOTGNOME, as rhythmbox should at-least warn
> the user of the implications, if "http" is going to be the way.

this is the web browser's job.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 768310 ***