After hours of googling, following videos and a failed attempt of installing SSL on my local wamp server, I am on the cusp of giving up.

So Im here to ask for help

I have a simple form, logging a user in and comparing details with a php database, the password is stored in an MD5 hash in the database.

I know md5 is insecure and https is the bast way to secure the transmission etc, but all i need here is to simply mask the password during transmission so its not visable in plain text during a wireshark capture.

The form code is:

```
<form method="post" action="index.php" name="loginform" id="loginform">
<fieldset>
    <label for="username">Username:</label><input type="text" name="username" id="username" /><br />
    <label for="password">Password:</label><input type="password" name="password" id="password" /><br />
    <input type="submit" name="login" id="login" value="Login" />
</fieldset>
</form>

```

Is there a way to set the password as something like:

```
<label for="password">Password:</label><input type=md5("password")

```

Again its just something fast and simple to implement I need.

Thanks in advance

Wayne