In <news:9o6dndbukysmad3inz2dnuu7-r-dn...@mozilla.org>, Daniel <dan...@albury.net.spam.au> wrote:
> David, if the Master Password is not saved, how are the passwords > decrypted so they can be used?? A hash is stored, and when you enter the password, its hash must match the stored hash. That's an oversimplificatoin, The wikipedia has more about password hashing at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function#Password_verification>, and you could scroll up to the top to get stuff about hashing in general. Note that in the jargon of cryptography, "message" means the hash function's input, in this case the master password. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
