Scott Raney
Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:42:57 -0700
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Peter Reid wrote: > Can I check what characters can be in an encrypted string as > generated by mcEncrypt(). 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! It can contain tabs, so you'd better use the base64Encode() function to encode it before storing it away. > 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? There isn't one. Scott > Cheers > > Peter > -- ******************************************************** Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that... Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.