Will the username and password be sent over the internet in plain text?

Asked Jan 14 '18 at 23:31

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I am using this snippet to authenticate with a https & htpasswd protected server:

Authenticator.setDefault(object : Authenticator() {
    override fun getPasswordAuthentication(): PasswordAuthentication {
        return PasswordAuthentication("usernameinplaintext", "passwordinplaintext".toCharArray())
    }
})

var sentBytes: Long = 0
HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(NullHostNameVerifier())
val context = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS")
context.init(null, arrayOf<X509TrustManager>(NullX509TrustManager()), SecureRandom())
HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(context.socketFactory)

Will the username and password be sent over the internet in plain text?

asked Jan 14 '18 at 23:31

Aurelius Schnitzler

Log the values on the server, if possible, and find out – OneCricketeer Jan 14 '18 at 23:47
How do you do that? – Brutus Cruciatus Jan 15 '18 at 00:15
According to the code, the transport between endpoints is protected with TLS, so they will be encrypted during transmission. – Crypt32 Jan 15 '18 at 08:06

Will the username and password be sent over the internet in plain text?

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