Do I need to use HTTPS if I'm only concerned about passwords sent cleartext?

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Do I need to use HTTPS if I'm only concerned about passwords sent cleartext?

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Do I need to use HTTPS if I'm only concerned about passwords sent cleartext?

Greetings vb!

So I wanted to move my vb4 forum over to SSL and am completely ready to do so, but one concern is I want to avoid the numerous unsecured content warnings that users will get because there are a variety of different image hosts on the site (most of which are sent via HTTP)

I do know that vbulletin sends the login passwords as salted hashes, but I am curious of the vulnerabilities of that hash. If I'm mainly worried about passwords getting sniffed/cracked, would I really require HTTPS? Are there any other concerns that I am oblivious to?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Also: Anyone have any experience with this mod: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=288450
I need users to be able to keep their passwords for now

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