Re: How does Oracle protect (encrypt) user passwords in Oracle 8?.

The algorithm is a modified DES algorithm which is proprietary to Oracle. In addition, the algorithm is one-way so there is no way to decrypt it.

javierpf_at_usa.net writes:

> Hi all people!!
>
> Could you tell me how Oracle stores the passwords?. I mean, what
> encryptation method Oracle uses?. Is there a tool to decrypt the
> passwords?.
>
> I am trying to check the quality of the password used by users and I
> could not find any tool or way to decrypt them.
>
> I would also like to use the same encryption method to encode password
> managed internally by an application.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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