Hi,
I just thought i would point out that the entire point of crypt, md5, or
MySQL password() function is to create a hash out of the original
string. However, they are designed so it is computationally infeasible to
take a hash and find out the original string was. Actually, it is
impossib
Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanx, sounds like the way to go.
> Still curious though whether there is anyway at all to get the original
> password back to the user?
not without storing it unencrypted or cracking the password with a
dictionary attack. as you said, the php crypt() function an
Thanx, sounds like the way to go.
Still curious though whether there is anyway at all to get the original
password back to the user?
Jeff Sheltren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> What you could do is send a newly generated password to them, and
What you could do is send a newly generated password to them, and then
allow them to change the password on your site to something easier to
remember...
Jeff
At 11:56 PM 2/3/2002 +0800, Phil wrote:
>Hi there,
>I'm creating a user/password table that will use either Mysql Password or
>PHP Crypt
Hi there,
I'm creating a user/password table that will use either Mysql Password or
PHP Crypt function to encrypt the data. I know these functions are non
reversible for good reason, but how do I deal with a situation where I want
to email out a forgotton password? How can I get the passwrd back t
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