[html5] Authentication and storing passwords online

[J David Eisenberg]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, Saurabh Jain wrote:
>>
>> How can we authenticate offline using the Offline App Cache API.
>
> Authenticate to whom?

This one I'm not sure of.

>
>> Also is there a secure way to store passwords offline in HTML 5.
>
> Secure from whom?
>
Maybe secure them from Mr. Nosy Co-worker who is looking at your files
while you left for lunch without logging out.? (I'm not a security
expert; I'm just guessing that this might be a problem.)