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 More options Oct 26 2012, 10:14 am
From: Robert Walker <li...@ruby-forum.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:11:19 +0200
Local: Fri, Oct 26 2012 10:11 am
Subject: Re: Don't clear password fields if the password is ok
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Dmitry Maksyoma wrote in post #1081303:

> No, I'm not using auth engine, I only use `has_secure_password'. I've
> tried
> removing that and adding `attr_accessor :password,
> :password_confirmation'
> and it didn't change a thing, so it seems to be the default Rails
> behaviour.

> My view: http://pastebin.com/s7tpwN4D

I'm not 100% sure about this, but I have a feeling that behavior exists
for security reasons. The primary concern about providing a password to
a server is limiting the amount of time the cleartext version exists.

In fact I'd be willing to wager that the hashing occurs in the RACK
middleware, which means your Rails application never sees the cleartext
password, and therefore would not have it to send back in the response.

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