[Juser] In band Registration how secure it is?

[Peter Saint-Andre]

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This list is for end users, but I'll answer anyway. :-)

On 7/3/13 12:11 AM, Manoj Raj wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to build a system in XMPP with in-band  registration 
> enabled? I am working on a client in java which will have a page
> to register with the fields username and password.

So will the registration happen on a web page?

> I have a mysql table 'users' where the username and password(as
> hash) will be stored and i am planning to send an email activation
> code to activate the code...
> 
> Is it safe to send the password as plain text through XMPP during 
> registration? Any security measures i can take to avoid hacks or
> spams?

If you control the XMPP server (and I hope you do!), then forcing TLS
or other encryption from client to XMPP server and from XMPP server to
your authentication backend is of course a good idea.

> Any good ideas to proceed further on this implementation? Please
> guide me.

A longer description of your approach and architecture might help.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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