Re: mcEncrypt

[David Bovill]

> From: Peter Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:26:18 +0100
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: mcEncrypt
> 
> Can I check what characters can be in an encrypted string as
> generated by mcEncrypt().

I'd really like some help hacking this -:)

> This is the function used to produce
> passwords by the Ask dialog but it is not documented in the help.
> I'd like to be sure that a generated password can't include the tab
> character as I want to store user passwords in tab-delimited records.
> Also, I'm generating dummy user data and want to generate passwords
> based on combinations of first names, surnames, initials etc. and
> don't want to generate passwords containing my field/item separator!
> 
> Also, I'm assuming that there isn't an mcDecrypt (common practice
> with password systems is that they are one-way process only).  If
> there is a decryption function, what is it called and what are its
> parameters?
> 

And would it be possible to post this on the web site?



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