Generating Forms Authentication Compatible Passwords (SHA1)Hits: 20
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In this article we will take a quick look at two methods for creating SHA1 passwords for use on the web using .NET. It is dangerous to store passwords anywhere in plain text!! SHA1 gives a quick and easy way to encode a password into a non-human readable form. This means it is safer to store in a database, and should the database be viewed by anyone who shouldn't know the passwords, it will be much more difficult for them to work out what a user's password is.
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Date: Jun, 23 2003 Author: http://stardeveloper.com/articles/display.html?article=2003062001&page=1 {
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