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Of course if you have the server config and database you could impersonate it. However, phishing would be nearly pointless as most phished sites aren't/hadn't been compromised. (Well, pointless in the universe where entering a password into form elements and not the browser chrome isn't common and taught as a faux pas to users.)

Also, as it is you can brute force hashes offline as well. Yes, the original specification has become weak over time, but so have 3des and md5. SRP never was heavily used and as such new versions arent common; it's not inherently a problem with the concept of password-based mutual authentication.




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