DESEncrypt & DESDecrypt in Oracle 8i

Hi there,
I'm using the Oracle supplied package DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT for encrypting and decrypting data in the database. I want to create a table for user information including their password but I want to store the password encrypted. The problem is that the functions DESEncrypt & DESDecrypt operates on a string of size multiple of 8 bytes, where I can't force the user to select a password that is exactly 8 bytes or a multiple of it. What should I do to use this package and not having that restriction?? Also, if there is another good alternative to using the DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT package, please inform me.

Thanks in advance.
Bashar.

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