Re: Any way to encrypt data?

Pete, There is no native way of encrypting and decrypting character strings that I know of. You will need to write a pair of "c" functions and build these into you application (you do not say what language you are using). One function to call the crypt() with the string you want encrypted, and one to do a strcmp() of two encrypted strings; there is no inverse of crypt(). You will need the latter to match login attempts with the encrypted password. Regards, Pete. On 18 Dec 1995, Pete Dickson wrote: > Does anyone know of anyway to encrypt a field (or a table) using Informix > Online vers 5.0??? I need to encrypt a user entered password, and can't > find anything on how to do it, or what special Informix tool I can > use...Please e-mail response to me, due to I don't have alot of time to > read through newsgroups all of the time. > > > Pete Dickson > Brooks Data Service, Inc > Wilmington, DE. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Pete Harris Financial Market Software Consultants~ ~ phr@fmsc.com.au 109 Pitt St Sydney NSW 2000 ~ ~ Australia ~ ~ Tel +61 2 290 3944 ~ ~ Fax +61 2 262 2858 ~ ~ ~ ~ Disclaimers Apply ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~