>>>>I need to implement in my VFP application being converted to SQL Server backend a Password feature. Currently in the VFP application I have a table MyPasswords.dbf that has (simplified) two column USER_NAME (C(20)) PASS_STR (C(200)). The PASS_STR contains a string like this “YNYNNNY” (just bunch of Y and N) encrypted using a very basic algorithm (which I created so it can be cracked in about 20 seconds <g>). But the application does not need much of security so it works.
>>>>I can basically duplicate the same approach with a SQL Server table but before I do I thought I would ask if SQL Server has a simple (emphasize SIMPLE) way to encrypt a table and un-encrypt it in VFP application?
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>>>>TIA.
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>>>Why don't you (md5) hash the password a couple of times and store the hex of the hash in the password field ?
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>>Because I don't know how <g>. If you know of a simple article that you can recommend on the topic, please let me know. I will also search messages on UT if someone already posted an example. Thank you.
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>
>An example of how to Digest a password. It does a some passes depending on the length and the content of the password
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>

>function Password_Digest(Password, Digest, LeaveBinaryFormat)
>
>	local Success
>	Success = TRUE
>	
>	local i, j, obj
>	
>	do case
>	case !md5Bits_Object(@m.obj)
>		assert FALSE
>		Success = FALSE
>	
>	case !m.obj.DigestString(m.Password, @m.Digest)
>		assert FALSE
>		Success = FALSE
>	
>	otherwise
>		for i = 1 to len(m.Password)
>			for j = 0 to mod(asc(substr(m.Password, m.i, 1)), 11)
>				=m.obj.DigestString(m.Digest+m.Password, @m.Digest)
>			endfor
>		endfor
>	
>	endcase
>	
>	do case
>	case !m.Success
>	
>	case m.LeaveBinaryFormat
>	
>	otherwise
>		Digest = ath(m.Digest)  && in hex format
>	
>	endcase
>	
>	return m.Success
>
>endfunc
>

First thank you for the sample code. But is brings more questions. What is "md5Bits_Object" and how is it created?