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| Subject: | yahoo mail login security |
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| Date: | Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:25:37 +0530 |
Clicking on "Why this is secure" link on the yahoo login page gives this:
"Yahoo! now submits your ID and password securely via SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption. This means that your personal information is more secure every time you sign in.
In the past, Yahoo! used a challenge-response mechanism to protect passwords using MD5. Passwords were scrambled using a one-way hash, so that they could not be converted to clear text."
What could be the reasons why yahoo changed their login security mechanism?
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