Sending passwords over the web

Question

So I\'m working on a mobile platform application that I\'d like to have users authenticate over the web. I was wondering the best way to do security. The user is sending a p

Answer 1

As Pekka pointed out, SSL is your best option.

As an alternative, using SHA in JavaScript is pretty easy, fast, and it's already been written. Here's an example and here's a library: crypto.js