On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 20:31, Ryan Thompson wrote: > I know this is an opinion thing but what's the best functions or function set > for password encryption? > > Currently my project uses md5 but I thinks it's more for checksums isn't it? > Also, is mcrypt used for passwords? I looks like it's a two-way encryption.
md5 is a one-way hash function. It is great for passwords. (I'm not sure if that technically qualifies as encryption because it is nearly impossible to decrypt..hmm) Anyway, I would recommend using it. - Brad -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
