UUID = Unique User ID ??
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-----Original Message-----
From: Snake Hollywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 25 October 2003 18:56
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Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Encrypting passwords
Create a UUID in the database for each account, so to unsubscribe you
get a link like.
Www.mysite.com/unsubscribe.cfm?code=#UUID#
And in the code you compare the UUID against the one in the database.
HTH
Russ Michaels
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giles Roadnight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 25 October 2003 15:44
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ cf-dev ] Encrypting passwords
>
>
> I am writing a mailing list application and want to include a
> link in all e-mails to unsubscribe. I don't want anyone to be
> able to come to the site and unsubscribe an address without
> having to enter a password. I don't want people to have to
> enter a password if they click on a link to unsubscribe. I
> don't want to include the password in the e-mail so anyone
> reading it can find out the password. Basically I want to
> encrypt the password in the link so that the server can
> de-code the password, check it against the password in the DB
> then unsubscribe the address. I know nothing about this sort
> of stuff so any help much appreciated. Thanks
>
> Giles Roadnight
> http://giles.roadnight.name
>
>
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