Re: Login page password encription

DA Morgan wrote:

> How secure? Something simple like this can work in many situations:
>
> SELECT TRANSLATE('this is a secret',
> 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvxyz', '0123456789qwertyuiop[kjhbv')
> FROM dual;
>
> SELECT TRANSLATE('p78o 8o 0 o42i4p',
> '0123456789qwertyuiop[kjhbv', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvxyz')
> FROM dual;

I respect you a lot and all, but OP is asking about passwords. A system where passwords are obfuscated in a reversible manner is broken, no matter the type of system.

--ph Received on Fri Nov 11 2005 - 08:54:40 CST