I'd like to add something.
You have to decide on what you want: strong encryption of the password or being able
to remind
user of the password.
As Craig wrote, passwords encrypted using (I'll throw another one in) SHA or MD5 or
whatever
are unfeasible to decrypt so you won't be able to tell password back to the user. And
if you
encrypt it using something reversible then your passwords are not too safe and can be
cracked.
dave.
Jeetandra Mahtani wrote:
> Hello:
> I have a registration form that has a field for a userid and password. These two
>values are
> stored in a table on a AS/400. Is it possible to store the passwords in encrypted
>format?
> If I need to let the user know his password, is it possible to unencrypt it? I am
>pretty
> close to the end of a project and need to solve this quickly. I would greatly
>appreciate it
> if someone would let me know soon.
> Thank you,
> J
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