Is encrypting AJAX calls for authentication possible with jQuery?

Question

I'm fairly new to the AJAX methodologies (I only recently discovered jQuery a short time ago). I am interested to know if there is anyway to authenticate a user on a PHP setup; securely.

Does jQuery have any special options to allow use of HTTPS (or any other way to encrypt my ajax call)?

Yes, I could very well just post data back to the server, but that ruins the fun. :)

Answer 1

To use Ajax over HTTPS, you have to load the originating page over HTTPS.

Same origin policy

So, in a sense, yes -- but, not on its own.

Answer 2

Well, in case you are intrested. There is AES JavaScript implementation . I had lots of fun playing with it :). Still, it might be litte tricky...

Answer 3

Unless jQuery already does this (I use MooTools so I wouldn't know) I'd highly suggest that you link the AJAX login to the PHP session by using a $_GET variable in the query string. This way even though it's through HTTPS, you'll still know what session its tied to for an added layer of protection.