Technical Support Forums

Free, outstanding support from WebAssist and your colleagues

› WebAssist Forums › Data Bridge › SecurityAssist › Password Encryption

Password Encryption

Thread began 1/26/2010 5:51 pm by dan377928 | Last modified 1/26/2010 8:32 pm by Ray Borduin | 1255 views | 2 replies |

1/26/2010 5:51 pm | #1 dan377928

Password Encryption

If you enable password encryption on both the registration and log in page after you have a number of users in your database that have non encrypted password will they still be able to login?

1/26/2010 6:54 pm | #2 Dani Chankhour

No, after you enable encryption, users who register before will not be able to log in.

1/26/2010 8:32 pm | #3 Ray BorduinWebAssist

You would have to encrypt the current users' passwords. You could fix that with SQL in your database manager:

UPDATE Table SET PasswordColumn = md5(PasswordColumn)

That way all of your current user passwords will be encrypted as well... (be careful not to do it twice)

Did this help? Tips are appreciated...

Build websites with a little help from your friends

Your friends over here at WebAssist! These Dreamweaver extensions will assist you in building unlimited, custom websites.

Build websites from already-built web applications

These out-of-the-box solutions provide you proven, tested applications that can be up and running now. Build a store, a gallery, or a web-based email solution.