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From: "PHernandez" <phph109@yahoo.es>
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Subject: Re: Login page password encription
Date: 11 Nov 2005 06:54:40 -0800
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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