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Transfering sensitive information from javascript to rails

I am currently writing a Firefox extension that will sync your tab sessions across different instances of the browser. I am using a Ruby on Rails web application to sync the different URLS for each user.

The Firefox extension is using Javascript to parse out the current websites that are open. I need to send a user's login name, password, and the list of open URLs to the Rails application securely from Javascript.

Is there a way to transfer this information to the Rails app from Javascript without compromising the password?

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Is there a reason it wouldn't work to use https?

ysth  2008-12-04 06:54:08
Through something like a xmlhttprequest POST? I'm sorry, I'm very new to both Javascript and transferring securely over a network. I really don't want to mess this one up.
Adam Mika  2008-12-04 07:04:08
I am pretty sure you can call over SSL using XML Request. Easy enough to test and see ...
Toby Hede  2008-12-04 07:21:55

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