apparently you want a encryption scheme which can be decrypted, and not crypt-only ( linke crypt() ). afaik, PGP may be a good idea ---
--Vardhan -----Original Message----- From: Rohan Almeida [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:41 PM To: linux-india-help Subject: [LIH]passwords in database Helo LIST, what is the safest way of storing passwords in a database? The scenario is like this. I have a list of routers where i have to telnet occasionaly (using Net::Telnet perl module for that) I am currently storing the passwords in clear text format in the database (postgres) But i don't want to. IS there any way of avoiding this? Thanx, -- arc_of_descent _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
