Re: New Module

Why not just store them using crypt() or md5(). With one-way encoding like that nobody can steal the passwords, not even you. -Rasmus On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Brent R. Matzelle wrote: > --- derick@php.net wrote: > > Hey, > > > > why not simply use the mcrypt functions available in PHP? > > I will tell you why. Mcrypt is nearly useless for developers like > myself who develop PHP applications for both *NIX and win32 > platforms. The mcrypt libraries are not distributed with the Windows > binaries package and I have tried to build them myself only to find > that you need Cygwin, which is an unacceptable dependency. > > I have been looking for months for a standard method to perform > encryption with PHP and have only found php_blowfish > (http://www.brisse.dk/linux/phpext/blowfish.htm) as a reasonable > alternative that runs on both *NIX and win32 without many problems. > Unfortunately this module is not distributed with PHP so I am nervous > basing my software on it. > > I require two way encryption so that I can store passwords in a > database to prevent unscrupulous database administrators from > stealing them so it is extremely important to my business. > > If anyone has any input on this issue I would be delighted to hear > it. > > Warm regards, > > Brent > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >