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Topic: getting rid of encryption
Posted By: the boss
Subject: getting rid of encryption
Date Posted: 19 November 2003 at 12:25pm

is there a mod of any recommendation on how to get rid of forum password encryption so passwords r stored straightly in the DB instead of being encrypted.. i know it has go to do with the encryption funtion located in an included file but i would still like to have some assitance on what exactly to do...

any help??



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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 19 November 2003 at 4:45pm
Set the blnEncryptedPasswords variable in the common.asp files to false.

Also read the comment in the code about what problems can arise.

This can only be done with a fresh database and you will need to edit the password for the admin account. If you have members in your database then they will no-longer be able to login.

Without encryption on passwords please beware if a hackers gains access to your database they will have all the usernames and passwords to hack your forum.


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Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 21 November 2003 at 11:22pm

its alright borg, i dont need that much security.. its not a public forum..the only reason i would wish to do that is so i can import users list into the forum database directly

thankz 4 help



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