On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 03:53:14PM -0700, Mark Stringham wrote: > > I know the MySQL password( ) function is irreversible. I have also > been told that storing passwords in plain text is a bad idea. Can a > get a few suggestions of good ways to store passwords in the db?
Using MD5() is one of my favorite alternatives. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny | Perl, Web, MySQL, Linux Magazine, Yahoo! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://jeremy.zawodny.com/ MySQL 3.23.51: up 8 days, processed 319,082,251 queries (422/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
