Server Generated Key for this Session: YEwtjPmG1bHrWwkim5aD
SHA1 sum on the word 'password': 5baa61e4c9b93f3f0682250b6cf8331b7ee68fd8
Concatenated string for authentication: YEwtjPmG1bHrWwkim5aD5baa61e4c9b93f3f0682250b6cf8331b7ee68fd8
Type in the word 'password' and click Submit. The following will happen in the background:
- Your browser performs a sha1 sum on your entry
- Your browser combines the result of the sha1 sum with the server's generated key to form a concatenated string like above
- Your browser performs another sha1 sum on the concatenated string
- Your browser sends this final result to the server using an XMLHttpRequest
- The server compares the string it received against its own calculations