Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:13:05 +0100 From: nik@iii.co.uk To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HTML Password changer Message-ID: <19980629121305.46423@iii.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980629180827.12748A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>; from Dean Hollister on Mon, Jun 29, 1998 at 06:09:22PM %2B0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980629180827.12748A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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On Mon, Jun 29, 1998 at 06:09:22PM +0800, Dean Hollister wrote: > I have the necessary code to encrypt the new password and so on, but what > about decrypting the old one, and comparing to the entered one, using > Perl? You don't. You encrypt the password the user entered, and then compare the encrypted new password with the encrypted stored password. If they match then the two 'clear' passwords are identical. N -- Work: nik@iii.co.uk | FreeBSD + Perl + Apache Rest: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk | Remind me again why we need Play: nik@freebsd.org | Microsoft? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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