Password encryption/de-cryption

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From: shah
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 16:16

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Hi there !

I am developing a windows 3.1 app.  This app needs to authenticate a user 
login by the user name and his/her password.  I need to store this password in 
some sort of a format in some sort of a file (maybe an ini file).  But first I 
need to encrypt this password and later on de-crypt to check against the 
entered password (or maybe there is a better way - I just don't know yet).  
Could any of you please point me in a better way or point me to some known 
used technique for this procedure ?

I would much appreciate your help.

Thanks
Ajay Shah
(ashah@eceyv.ncsu.edu)
(shah@wg.com)

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Subject: Password encryption/de-cryption
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 95 09:16:41 PDT
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