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When you properly encrypt server passwords, they are not supposed to be decrypt-able. Whereas, this is supposed to be a two-way encryption as you need to access
by charlesju 14y ago
When you properly encrypt server passwords, they are not supposed to be decrypt-able. Whereas, this is supposed to be a two-way encryption as you need to access the raw data. Ergo, any form of encryption you can do can be easily undone and thus rendering your efforts moot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography)
- jayfuerstenberg 14y agoI understand one way hashing but what about DB passwords for instance? You need access to plaintext passwords. This is getting long but the point is plaintext = he worst thing you can do. Even ROT13 is a little better.
- jrockway 14y agoEven ROT13 is a little better. No it's not.