Last couple of months I've been wondering about all these password strength meters on websites. If you use the same password in every of those registration forms, the result on meter is sometimes different. One say "Strong" other say "Normal" and there are probably some that would even say "Weak". So the question is, what if there would...
I have a system where I salt and hash passwords before saving them to the database, using FormsAuthentication in asp.net What I want to do is, rather than ask the customer for their password each time, I just want 3 random letters from their password. How can I compare this to the hash in the database? Will hashing still work in this ca...
Title says is it all. Is there any real difference between the two? ...
I'm new to python programming, and I am trying to read a password protected file using python, the code is shown below: import sys import win32com.client xlApp = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") print "Excel library version:", xlApp.Version filename,password = 'C:\myfiles\foo.xls', 'qwerty12' xlwb = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(fi...
My program requires password to open some features. The password can be set by an administrator. My app stores the password in a file. But, if the file was deleted or damaged, the app loose the password. Another scenario is if the file was replaced with original file then the password will be empty. Any suggestions about storing a passwo...
Hi there, I am writing two console applications, a client and a server. I'm a little stuck at two things, which seemed rather easy at first.. #1: I want to write a function for the following piece of code, that converts bits to a string, but I cant just figure it out. The server always crashes when I use it. My function is a little bit...
I'm looking to edit my .htaccess file to control AuthTypeBasic for it's own directory and child directories differently. I currently have password protection (AuthType Basic) set up on the a folder and would like to set up some of the children directories to be exempt from this password protection and other child directories to have uni...
Hi guys! I wrote this VERY simple PHP login system: <?php session_start(); $error = ''; if (isset($_POST['username']) && isset($_POST['password'])) { if ($_POST['username'] == 'user' && $_POST['password'] == 'pass') { $_SESSION['client'] = 'ok'; Header ("location: /kit/kit/index....
I'm new to implementing encryption and am still learning basics, it seems. I have need for symmetric encryption capabilities in my open source codebase. There are three components to this system: A server that stores some user data, and information about whether or not it is encrypted, and how A C# client that lets a user encrypt the...
I know it may sound silly, but i worked for a client that seems not willing to pay me, but is making money with his website...i still have access to the ftp...so, i'm not going to tear down the website if he doesnt pay, but i would at least protect my code that i gave him...so in case i'm sure that he cant resell or use again... ...
I have a password being passed from my iPhone app to the database via a php script, user.php. The variable $pass is populated by the following: $pass = str_replace("'", "", $_REQUEST['pass']); How can I encrypt this before it's inserted into my database? I've read a little about the different techniques, but looking for the best way ...
In my database I have over 600 users. The passwords were previously stored as plain text (slap on hand, I know). Anyways, I have changed my code to store STA1 hashed passwords, but I need to convert the existing passwords in my database so each user doesn't need to go in and modify their account. Any help? ...
For example, just requiring a user name foo and password bar, or user name foo, and the password is today's date, take day of month (such as the 16 in Oct 16), multiply by 2 and repeat twice, which is 3232? ...
I'd like to implement a forgot password function for my website. I hash the passwords using sha1. How would I recover this for the user? What's the best method for implementing this? ...