I tend to use a hash value (like MD5) to one way encrypt it...
If you combine it with a salt value (some random string that is consistent
in the app) then is reasonably secure from being hacked...ex.
$salt = '1234567890';
$pass = md5($salt.$_POST['password']);
bastien
From: Benjamin Stambaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "php-db@lists.php.net" <php-db@lists.php.net>
Subject: [PHP-DB] Passwords
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:34:25 -0500
Hi,
I have created a user login/registration page. As of now I am using a
MySQL database to store the info of the user. To validate the user I also
have the password stored in the same DB. I was wondering if there is a way
that I can store the password in the DB so that it is encrypted or
something. Just so it is not in plain text.
Ben
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