Encrypt Passwords Before Storing In a DatabaseHits: 15
This code demonstrates how to use an MD5 hash to encrypt user passwords when storing them in a database. There are constantly news items about companies where user information is compromised. By storing passwords using an MD5 hash, even if your database is compromised the passwords cannot be decoded. The only downside is that users cannot retrieve lost passwords, they must reset them.
Platform(s): Windows
Date: Sep, 18 2006 Author: dannyboy, http://www.bytemycode.com/snippets/snippet/159/ {
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