RE: [PHP-DB] Decrypting PASSWORD() from MySQL

From: Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 19:49:25 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Decrypting PASSWORD() from MySQL
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No. Rather, it's "computationally infeasible". On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Zach Curtis wrote: > Fortunately, this application is still in testing, therefore the users and > passwords in the db are meaningless. However, I thought storing encrypted > passwords in a db was a good idea, that is if can retrieve the decrypted > password. Can this be done?

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