Re: Passowrds, encryption, PGP, etc

[Alex Barylo <hash1024@yahoo.com>]

> When you encrypt the passwords, you don't want to be
> able to decrypt
> them, because then someone might.  Instead, you use
> what's called a
> 'one-way hash' algorithm, which scrambles the password
> but is
> impossible to reverse.
> 
> Then when the user enters their password, you scramble
> it the same way
> and see if the two scrambled versions match.

I know, I know... That's the way I'd love it to be set
up. But I'm *REQURIED* to store them :(

Alex.


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