[Gambas-user] need some helping hand for crypting

[Charlie Reinl]

Am Montag, den 20.07.2009, 10:27 +0200 schrieb Rolf Schmidt:
> Hi Charlie
> 
> > > no what I need is for gambas2, I have to store Passwords in an XML-file,
> > > what means plain-text readable.
> > > So I need a crypting/uncrypting logic .
> > > I put my PW "TOPSECRET" to store
> > > 	Print crypting("TOPSECRET")
> > >
> > > 	>2sgbtf&&
> > >
> > > and get it back by
> > > 	Print uncrypting("2sgbtf&&")
> > >
> > > 	>TOPSECRET
> > >
> > > The uncrypted password is used for a database login.
> 
> Check, if the database is able to handle md5-sum based passwords for login - 
> PostgreSQL can,  perhaps mySQL and other DBMS's too.
> Then you can use the md5 sum of the password written in you xml file directly 
> for the login without "decrypt".
> 
> Bye Rolf

Hi Rolf,

thanks, 
but that way, it is like an plain text password, 
ONE can login with.

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Amicalment
Charlie