|  | | Generating Forms Authentication Compatible Passwords (SHA1) |  | | Description: Generating Forms Authentication Compatible Passwords (SHA1) | | In this article we will take a quick look at two methods for creating SHA1 passwords for use on the web using .NET. It is dangerous to store passwords anywhere in plain text!! SHA1 gives a quick and easy way to encode a password into a non-human readable form. This means it is safer to store in a database, and should the database be viewed by anyone who shouldn't know the passwords, it will be much more difficult for them to work out what a user's password is. | | Information:: Generating Forms Authentication Compatible Passwords (SHA1) | | Title: | Generating Forms Authentication Compatible Passwords (SHA1) | | Author: | Faisal Khan | | Platform / OS: | ASP.NET | | Last Updated: | Sun Jun 22 2003 | | Home Page: | Click to Visit  | | Web site Language: | English | | Current Rating: | 0.00 | | Total Hits #: | 78 | | Listings ID #: | 12051 | | Reviews for Generating Forms Authentication Compatible Passwords (SHA1) |
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