Pardon mf ignorance but what is the easiest way to take the
crypted_password that the restful authentication plugin stores in the
DB and extract the real password from it so that it can be placed in a
variable and then used in a view? I have seen some sources where
people are implimenting a forgot and reset function but I just want to
get at the password after its been stored.
On Oct 26, 4:22 pm, h3avyarms [email protected] wrote:
Pardon mf ignorance but what is the easiest way to take the
crypted_password that the restful authentication plugin stores in the
DB and extract the real password from it so that it can be placed in a
variable and then used in a view? I have seen some sources where
people are implimenting a forgot and reset function but I just want to
get at the password after its been stored.
You don’t. The password isn’t actually encrypted; rather an SHA1
digest of the password is stored in the DB.
Encryption is difficult, and secure management of the necessary keys
is perhaps moreso, so unless its a requirement (preferably a somehow
reasonable one) that users’ passwords be re-retrievable, just
implement password reset functionality and be done with it.
pharrington wrote:
On Oct 26, 4:22�pm, h3avyarms [email protected] wrote:
Pardon mf ignorance but what is the easiest way to take the
crypted_password that the restful authentication plugin stores in the
DB and extract the real password from it so that it can be placed in a
variable and then used in a view? I have seen some sources where
people are implimenting a forgot and reset function but I just want to
get at the password after its been stored.You don’t. The password isn’t actually encrypted; rather an SHA1
digest of the password is stored in the DB.
To be more clear: the impracticality of reversal is the point of using
hash functions for storing passwords. It annoys me if I ever find out
that a site is able to “retrieve” my passwords. So much so that I
strongly consider not using the site at all.
Password recovery by resetting is the “right” solution.