hi all,
I can't use md5 because i want to retrieve it and send emails to my users if
they forgot their password..
md5 is only a one way encryption, thus i have to resort to using
encode('$password', '$salt') where $salt is a value that i have assigned..
because I know the value of $salt, I would be able to decode the password
easily by looking at my database and running decode.
with blob, i can't see the encoded password easily and thus there is
'maximum security'. haha.. but i'm still open to any form of suggestions!
thanx!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcjon Louwersheimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ng Hwee Hwee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] BLOB
> Store the passwords using the md5() function. When inserting the password
> into the database, use md5($password). It will convert the password to a
> encrypted form using one way encryption. When you compare a entered
> password to a password stored in the database, make the password entered
> by the user md5($enteredpassword) and compare it to the raw password from
> the database. Hope that helps!
> --
> Marcjon
>
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