I am wondering if people have any idea how companies like Amazon and
Ebay store user passwords? Do they store them as plain text in the
database, or are they encrypted? I would like to store the password as
a MD5 hash or something, but I will need the ability to mail the
plain-text password to the user in case they forgot it. So, I'm
wondering if there is something in Oracle that will allow me to store
passwords with more security than just having them in plain text?
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Kirk Bauer -- CmpE, Georgia Tech -- kirk_at_kaybee.org -- Avid Linux User
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Opinions expressed are my own, but they should be everybody's.
Received on Tue Feb 15 2000 - 00:00:00 CST
