Re: [PHP] Securing user table with sha function

2007-02-20 Thread Richard Lynch
Your DB still has to link user X with the other table which has their contact info, or the login is kinda useless, as you don't know who they are easily... I suppose that after authentication you could look up the user ID in a totally separate query... But now suppose they change their email

[PHP] Securing user table with sha function

2007-02-17 Thread Tim
Hello, Now moving on into other aspects of security :P I was thinking of a way to secure my login inputs the best way possible. Seeing how many different types of injection attacks their is and while observing different authentication systems I often notice the sha() function being used for