Re: [PHP] Help with authentication 'design'

2003-02-18 Thread olinux
You may want to check out PEAR::LiveUser http://pear.php.net/package-info.php?pacid=126 http://projects.21st-hq.de/liveuser/ A very complete / multilevel authentication package. Get the latest source from CVS as the source on pear site is a bit outdated. olinux --- "Clarkson, Nick" <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [PHP] Help with authentication 'design'

2003-02-18 Thread Brad Pauly
> I've searched the archives, bit it's not helping me much purely because it's > not specific PHP code I'm after, but rather help with a login system design. > So far I've got a PHP_AUTH based login which checks against a MySQL > database, and if the user's details are correct it updates the databa

RE: [PHP] Help with authentication 'design'

2003-02-18 Thread Clarkson, Nick
ld be appreciated. Thanks, Nick -Original Message- From: Peter Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 February 2003 14:43 To: Clarkson, Nick Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [PHP] Help with authentication 'design' Nick, md5 is a hashing function, not an encry

RE: [PHP] Help with authentication 'design'

2003-02-18 Thread Peter Hicks
Nick, md5 is a hashing function, not an encryption function. You need anti-replay if you want the password transfer to be secure On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Clarkson, Nick wrote: > Would this pass both variables in clear text back to the server ? If so > would it be better to do this; > > [cut] > > W

RE: [PHP] Help with authentication 'design'

2003-02-18 Thread Clarkson, Nick
Would this then pass both variables after being hashed with md5 ? Am I barking up the wrong tree ? Or just plain barking ;oD Thanks, Nick > -Original Message- > From: Clarkson, Nick > Sent: 18 February 2003 14:36 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [PHP] H

[PHP] Help with authentication 'design'

2003-02-18 Thread Clarkson, Nick
Hi, I've searched the archives, bit it's not helping me much purely because it's not specific PHP code I'm after, but rather help with a login system design. So far I've got a PHP_AUTH based login which checks against a MySQL database, and if the user's details are correct it updates the database