Re: Can you encrypt a column value in Oracle?

"Andrew Protasov" <protasov_at_percombank.kiev.ua> writes: Thanks Andrew,

        Question I have is is where did you get your algorithm/program? Any recommendations? It's going to have to go from a web page form through this program you mention and then inserted into the column. then just backwards when they log in with their password.

Thanks,
Sean Dolan
Sr Systems Engineer

>Hi Sean,

>You can easily encrypt application passwords in OCI or Pro C application.
>We use MD5 to encrypt PIN codes to non-decryptable form. Use encryption
>algorithm you want.

>Andrew Protasov

>Sean Dolan wrote in message ...
>> I am trying to put a user's password in a table called USER_INFO in a
>column called PASSWORD... is there a way to have that value encrypted so
>that I can;t see the user's password? (but rather an encrypted garble)... I
>am on Oracle 7.3.4.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Sean Dolan
>>Senior Systems Engineer
Received on Thu Jun 04 1998 - 07:53:33 CDT