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    For a clever alternative, look at SRP Commented Jul 6, 2015 at 13:03
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerberos_(protocol) Commented Jul 6, 2015 at 16:37
  • A better link for SRP at Wikipedia: Secure Remote Password protocol. Cool stuff, thanks @paj28 Commented Jul 10, 2015 at 1:50
  • The login is always a login to something. If there's a need to have a log in mechanism then presumably there is a requirement for security around the resources to be protected by the login, and that in itself is a reason to use something like TLS even before thinking about password security concerns. Commented Nov 10, 2016 at 22:54