> From: Jason k Larson [mailto:jlarson(at)harrison(dot)org]
>
> I have written a library to handle this. It is fairly secure
> not allowing the password to be seen except as an MD5 digest.
> The only requirement is being able to deal with the MD5
> digest. For instance I have a PgSQL Table with fields User
> ID, Username, Password, and Status. I give each User and
> unique ID and the Password field contains and MD5 digest of
> the password and I use status (boolean) to tell me if the
> user is active or not.
What exactly is a MD5 diggest? :o)