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Using Encrypted + UnEncrypted passwords

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Topic: Using Encrypted + UnEncrypted passwords

Posted By: Donky Kong
Subject: Using Encrypted + UnEncrypted passwords
Date Posted: 27 November 2004 at 12:01pm

Hello everyone!
Thanks for the forums and for the live community that you are building.

Here is my Idea( I am new here so please.... )

I am planning on adding the forums to an existing website with about 10,000 users.
I have come to the point of decision of removing the encryption of passwords because as I understand there is no other solution in such a case.

I am thinking of using two password fields.
Old_pass, password.
When a registered user user enters the site/forum he will be notified to "refresh" his account - so encryption will be used and his password will be moved from the old password/unencrypted field to the new and encrypted one.

A new registered user will be encrypted.

After a period of 6 months all active users will be moved to the new field and all inactive users will be deleted.

1. What do you think of my idea?
2. I have a hebrew website, are there any restrictions on usernames?

Thanks reading.
DK

Replies:

Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 28 November 2004 at 9:24am

what about making a query to update each account using the lines of this (this isn't the SQL just talking it through)

select all accounts
- get existing password
- use for encryption with the password being the existing one
- re update the forum with a new salt code (randomlly generated in process) and the new encrtypted password.

that way all passwords remain the same and they are none the wiser