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Store password not in plain text

I want to create a table of users and password but I dont want the password
to be in plain text. I want to encrypt it. If I encryot It How can I then
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Nov 18 '05 #1
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Scott Mitchell has a good article on achieving this goal:

Using MD5 to Encrypt Passwords in a Database
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/103002-1.aspx
(make sure to read part 2 of the article too).

HTH,

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Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com
On Wed, 19 May 2004 11:49:51 -0500, "Luis E Valencia"
<lu*******@haceb.com> wrote:
I want to create a table of users and password but I dont want the password
to be in plain text. I want to encrypt it. If I encryot It How can I then
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Nov 18 '05 #2
Another resource:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...C-BF9C6593F25E
It has a good chapter on passwords.

Eliyahu

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