Yes, MD5 is a hashing algorithm and it is unlikely you'd be able to take a hash and get the original text (in a timely / efficient manner).
There are a few AS3 encryption projects. ASCrypt3: ascrypt3.riaforge.com and Crypto http://crypto.hurlant.com/ Both of them have 2-way encryption algorithms you could use. AES perhaps? That said, I worry about the security implications of storing this type of authentication between application uses. rmarples wrote: > > > Tracy - Isn't MD5 a hashing algorithm? Meaning I can only encrypt, not > decrypt? I don't > think this would work for this scenario would it? > > Ryan > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There is an MD5 library available for AS3 that I have used. > > > > > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On > > Behalf Of rmarples > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:59 PM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Local storage of password > > > > > > > > I have a requirement to take credentials used for an external web > > service and cache them > > locally so that the user need not re-type their password each time they > > run the app. I can > > easily store these credentials in a SharedObject (cookie) but I don't > > want to store the > > password in plain-text here. Does anybody have any recommendations on an > > ecrypt/decrypt > > mechanism I can use for this? Also I have a requirement that any key > > used to encrypt can not > > be stored in the source code as a string literal. > > > > Ryan > > > > -- Jeffry Houser, Technical Entrepreneur, Software Developer, Author, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Podcast: <http://www.theflexshow.com> My Blog: <http://www.jeffryhouser.com>
