Use a Hash() on the password for the insert, then on verification/logon hash() the form variable and compare the 2 hashes.
HTH -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2003 17:45 To: CF-Talk Subject: encrypting password What would be the best method to encrypt password before it is inserted into the database? I'm using MySQL database. Would cfencrypt and cfdecrypt function sufficient in this case? TIA Anthony ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89 70.4
