Re: encryption for postgres

From: Joel Burton <joel(at)joelburton(dot)com>
To: <hodges(at)xprt(dot)net>
Cc: <pgsql-php(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: encryption for postgres
Date: 2001-10-14 23:40:02
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0110141937130.9304-100000@temp.joelburton.com
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On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 hodges(at)xprt(dot)net wrote:

> I need to save user ids and passwords to be used for access
> to records in a database. The passwords should be encrypted
> before saving. Are there builtin or standard php functions
> to do encryption/decryption or does one need to add a library
> to a standard php install (RedHat 7.1).

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.crypt.php

or, for better security,

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.md5.php

(btw, found this by searching for 'encryption' on the
homepage at php.net.)

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