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From
30/10/2023 04:47:20
Al Doman (Online)
M3 Enterprises Inc.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 
 
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30/10/2023 02:36:54
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Visual FoxPro and .NET
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01687138
Message ID:
01687140
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>How can I encrypt a string, example I want to encrypt the password

Basically, you don't. A better idea is to store the value ("digest") of the string when processed through a hash function.

Overview at https://securityboulevard.com/2020/05/hashing-what-you-need-to-know-about-storing-passwords/
Regards. Al

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