Passwords through http web proxy

The internet access at the library where I often go does Not support
SSL.
(Web pages whose URL start with http:// can be accessed, Not those
whose URL start with https:// )

To sign in to a Google or Gmail account, passwords are necessarily
transmitted through a https:// web page (even if the password is
actually entered in a http:// page). The consequence is that you cannot
log in directly to a Gmail account from this library.

It is however possible to sign in Gmail using a web proxy like for
example kproxy.com, anonycat.com or cgi-proxy.net.

Hence my questions: how much are the passwords exposed by logging in
Gmail through a web proxy?
Is it technically easy (or possible) for the web proxy admin to get the
password?

Thanks if somebody has expertise on this

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:12:54 -0800, pascalv wrote:

> Hence my questions: how much are the passwords exposed by logging in Gmail
> through a web proxy?

Passwords are sent clearttext.

> Is it technically easy (or possible) for the web proxy admin to get the
> password?

Easy, but time consuming.

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gr,
maxx
:wq!

maxx wrote:
> > Hence my questions: how much are the passwords exposed by logging in Gmail
> > through a web proxy?
>
> Passwords are sent clearttext.

Obviously they are not crypted between the the computer I use in the
library and the proxy. But how about storage and treatment in the proxy?