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Article #9095Re: Encrypting passwords
From: Dennis Jones
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 20:26
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 20:26
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"nicolasr" <nicolasrNOSPAMATSIGNgmx.net> wrote in message news:410af545$1@newsgroups.borland.com... > Hi, > > does anyone have a pair of routines that let me > encrypt/decrypt passwords that I want to store > in an INI-file? > I would store the necessary key(s) in the executable. > I know that is not very secure because one could > disassemble the exe file and search for the keys > but my main concern is that I currently have stored > the passwords as plain text! I tried a simple > XOR-algorithm but I would prefer something more > advanced probably using CryptoApi? > > If the used algorithm produces binary data I would > move the password away from the INI file and store > it in a separate binary file. Check out LockBox by TurboPower. The source code for LockBox is available free on SourceForge. - Dennis
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