There is no such thing as de-hashing (which is why we hash). Decrypting can be done if the encryption key is known, but I prefer hashing passwords.
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Leder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 7 April 2005 7:25 To: CF-Talk Subject: Password management Best Practices Hi all, I've been pondering the problem of password storage in a db and its retrievability, and was wondering what other people have done in the following situations: 1) What method(s) used for password encryption (salt and hash). What tag(s) do you use? 2) When someone forgets their password, how would an encrypted password be de-salted/de-hashed and displayed on a screen? (I would display the password when the userenters their emal AND correctly responds to a challenge question - I never send passwords via email, as I have seen done on many ecommerce sites). Thanks, Mark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:201849 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
