Admittedly not very helpful, but for users passwords, I've been using HASH
rather than encrypt/descrypt...
> I can't speak for Dave, but from what I've read on the Allaire forums,
> the regular Encrypt/Decrypt function produces inconsistent results.
> Obviously not a good thing!
>
> I've just put together an app using the cfusion_encrypt function on a
> 4.51 machine. Hopefully there's a valid solution around so I don't run
> into similar problems.
>
> If there's no official solution, a suggestion for Dave is to setup a
> simple 4.5 server on a spare machine and then just export the data to a
> temporary table and decrypt the strings. Then encrypt them on your CF5
> box and put them back in your tables. You must have a CF trial CD with
> 4.5 lying around, eh?
>
> -Tim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 3:54 PM
> Subject: RE: Encryption differences in ColdFusion 4.5 and 5.0?
>
>
> > Errr, this doesn't help you, but why did you use that function instead
> of
> > the "real" function, Encrypt? Wasn't it a bit dangerous to use the
> > "unofficial" function in the first place?
> >
> > I'm not saying you are stupid or anything, and I'm not speaking for
> MACR,
> > but it does seem like something that should have been a bit obvious...
> > right? Or are many users out there using the "unofficial" functions?
> >
> > You may be able to simply run a massive cfusion_decrypt on a temporary
> CF4.5
> > machine, then restore them using encrypt instead of cfusion_encrypt.
>
>
>
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