RE: RPG Encryption Algorithm??

["Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

The validation list object encrypts passwords automatically, so there's no
need to do the encryption yourself.

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tom Liotta
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 5:56 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: RPG Encryption Algorithm??


Robert:

Any chance you could simply use a validation list? Seems like one would fit
what you need pretty closely -- though the 'database' part of your original
question isn't exactly appropriate.

Tom Liotta

rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Subject: Re: RPG Encryption Algorithm??
>
>I am looking at the code example on March 1999 issue of News/400 that
>was recommended from the url:
>   http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/199906/msg00064.html
>
>It appears that this is doing what I need to do, I want to secure
>usernames and passwords for an internal system.  I know very little 
>about encryption, as encryption goes will the code from the News/400 
>example do what I want it do do?  Is it a secure encryption method?  Is 
>the _CIPHER procedure the example uses relatively secure?

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