Re^4: encrypt passwords

What makes you think he would need to decrypt it to get the original plain text password?

It's far more likely and common to use 1 way encryption where a plain text password is supplied then encrypted to compaire it with the stored encrypted password.

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Re^5: encrypt passwords by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 17, 2015 at 16:37 UTC
What makes you think he would need to decrypt it to get the original plain text password? Re^2: encrypt passwords shows database name, host name, username, password. That looks like logins for remote systems that need the plain text password. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]