Re: encrypt/decrypt password with authenticate

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 41966
interpreted = N
texte = Lester, you cannot encrypt with a seed when you are using WebCats internal authentication.you just need to use just [encrypt], the downside is you cannot decrypt it.Alain> I'm stymied. > Why won't these procedures authenticate a password encrypted and > written to a database? > > > Following a procedure outlined by Ken I came across in the archives . . > . > > I copied the users.db database and renamed it members.db > I copied MultiGroupChecker and renamed it MemberChecker > Placed both of the new files in the same folder as pages I want to > protect > > > I use this to write a username/password combo into a database. > > [append > db=members.db]user=[uppercase][user][/uppercase]&pass=[url][url][encrypt > > seed=1234][uppercase][pass][/uppercase][/encrypt][/url][/url]&groups=e-info[/append]> > > On top of pages to protect I have: > [include file=MemberChecker&groups=e-info] > > In my MemberChecker I have the following: > > [!] check for user in members.db[/!] > [showif NotFound=[lookup > db=members.db&lookinField=user&value=[uppercase][username][/uppercase]&returnField=user¬Found=NotFound]] > [authenticate Bad User] > [/showif] > > [!] Check password of user in members.db[/!] > [showif [uppercase][password][/uppercase]![lookup > db=members.db&lookinField=user&value=[uppercase][username][/uppercase]&returnField=[decrypt > > seed=1234][unurl][unurl]pass[/unurl][/unurl][/decrypt]¬Found=NotFound] > [authenticate Bad Password] > [/showif] > > > > To make sure I was encrypting and decrypting the password properly I > made another page with the following: > > > [text]public=Ginny+me^$1234[/text] > > [text]private=[url][url][encrypt > seed=1234][uppercase][public][/uppercase][/encrypt][/url][/url][/text] > > [text]resurrection=[decrypt > seed=1234][unurl][unurl][private][/unurl][/unurl][/decrypt][/text] > > public=[public]

> private=[private]

> resurrection=[resurrection]

> > All went well with the above test code . . . > > . . . > > I just can't get my procedures to work with authenticate . . . . > All stops at Bad Password > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is > at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ -- Alain Russell Blackpepper Interactive alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz ph. 09 520 6280------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: encrypt/decrypt password with authenticate (Brian Fries 2002)
  2. Re: encrypt/decrypt password with authenticate (Lester Emo 2002)
  3. Re: encrypt/decrypt password with authenticate (Alain Russell 2002)
  4. Re: encrypt/decrypt password with authenticate (Gary Krockover 2002)
  5. encrypt/decrypt password with authenticate (Lester Emo 2002)
Lester, you cannot encrypt with a seed when you are using WebCats internal authentication.you just need to use just [encrypt], the downside is you cannot decrypt it.Alain> I'm stymied. > Why won't these procedures authenticate a password encrypted and > written to a database? > > > Following a procedure outlined by Ken I came across in the archives . . > . > > I copied the users.db database and renamed it members.db > I copied MultiGroupChecker and renamed it MemberChecker > Placed both of the new files in the same folder as pages I want to > protect > > > I use this to write a username/password combo into a database. > > [append > db=members.db]user=[uppercase][user][/uppercase]&pass=[url][url][encrypt > > seed=1234][uppercase][pass][/uppercase][/encrypt][/url][/url]&groups=e-info[/append]> > > On top of pages to protect I have: > [include file=MemberChecker&groups=e-info] > > In my MemberChecker I have the following: > > [!] check for user in members.db[/!] > [showif NotFound=[lookup > db=members.db&lookinField=user&value=[uppercase][username][/uppercase]&returnField=user¬Found=NotFound]] > [authenticate Bad User] > [/showif] > > [!] Check password of user in members.db[/!] > [showif [uppercase][password][/uppercase]![lookup > db=members.db&lookinField=user&value=[uppercase][username][/uppercase]&returnField=[decrypt > > seed=1234][unurl][unurl]pass[/unurl][/unurl][/decrypt]¬Found=NotFound] > [authenticate Bad Password] > [/showif] > > > > To make sure I was encrypting and decrypting the password properly I > made another page with the following: > > > [text]public=Ginny+me^$1234[/text] > > [text]private=[url][url][encrypt > seed=1234][uppercase][public][/uppercase][/encrypt][/url][/url][/text] > > [text]resurrection=[decrypt > seed=1234][unurl][unurl][private][/unurl][/unurl][/decrypt][/text] > > public=[public]

> private=[private]

> resurrection=[resurrection]

> > All went well with the above test code . . . > > . . . > > I just can't get my procedures to work with authenticate . . . . > All stops at Bad Password > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is > at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ -- Alain Russell Blackpepper Interactive alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz ph. 09 520 6280------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Alain Russell

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