Fw: [PHP-DB] MySQL encryption

----- Original Message ----- From: "Johannes Schlüter" <johannes@schlueters.de> To: "bryan" <bryan@concept-factory.com>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 2:32 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL encryption > Hi Bryan, > the MySQL-PAssword function is a one-way encryption. You can'tdecode it (just like UNIX crypt) the > output given is the encoded string. > > Johannes > > Date sent: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:25:15 -0700 > To: php-db@lists.php.net > From: bryan <bryan@concept-factory.com> > Subject: [PHP-DB] MySQL encryption > > > Hey everyone.. > > > > I ask a ton of questions on here, and thanks for the help and patience from > > everyone. > > > > Anyhow, I am trying to Encrypt a password for my end users. I have done so > > in the MySQL db, by simply going ... PASSWD('mypass'), but it returns > > something such as "3afi4004idgv", and my original never works. > > > > Is there a way that i could "hash #" out the passwords instead of making a > > boggus number? Or should I not even care about the database, and simply > > ENCRYPT the passwords using PHP? > > > > > > Thanks! > > bryan > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >