RE: [PHP-DB] Passwords

I tend to use a hash value (like MD5) to one way encrypt it... If you combine it with a salt value (some random string that is consistent in the app) then is reasonably secure from being hacked...ex. $salt = '1234567890';

	$pass     = md5($salt.$_POST['password']);

bastien

From: Benjamin Stambaugh <bmstamba@ycp.edu> To: "php-db@lists.php.net" <php-db@lists.php.net> Subject: [PHP-DB] Passwords Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:34:25 -0500 Hi, I have created a user login/registration page. As of now I am using a MySQL database to store the info of the user. To validate the user I also have the password stored in the same DB. I was wondering if there is a way that I can store the password in the DB so that it is encrypted or something. Just so it is not in plain text. Ben -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php