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Encryption so that even Admin can not access data
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14/08/2007 11:19:53
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, United States
 
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Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
Security
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01247913
Message ID:
01248055
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>Hi Mike,
>
>>We encrypt passwords
>
>Nope, that's not common, at least not in the area of secure applications. Passwords should never be stored, as that makes it easy to obtain them once you break encryption. Instead many applications and all operating systems just store hashes.

Sorry, I meant to say hashes. I store encrypted values for other things.
Very fitting: http://xkcd.com/386/
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