I have a web application that can use both HTTP and HTTPS (depending on what the user chooses). When a user registers, should their password be hashed on the client side then passed to the server or should the plain text be passed to the server and then hashed.
I believe packet sniffing tools can be used to capture the password if using HTTP, so would it be better to hash it on the client side?
Client or Server side password hashing when a user registers (using HTTP)
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Would it be better to hash it on the client side?
No, don't hash username/password on the client side, it doesn't make any sense.
If the web application is using HTTPS, the register request is already enctypted, which means hashing password is redundant.
If the web application is using HTTP, then everyone who is sniffing in the network can see all HTTP packets of this web app, which means:
In summary, once web application is using HTTP, nothing is secure.