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Password protection
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What is the best way to password protect an application,If you have any source code for password could you also mail it.
cheers T
What is the best way to password protect an application,If you have any source code for password could you also mail it.
cheers T
turloughm,
Posting email only requests is considered bad form here on E-E as it deprives the other members of the benefits of the answers.
Anyway, back to the point. Password is a topic that comes up fairly often. Generally, passwording an app is more trouble than it's worth. Someone with physical access to your workstation can compromise most anything you can code. Problem is where to save the password. You can't really keep it buried in the .EXE, the registry and local files are all easily compromised.
If you're on a LAN you can have absolute control by letting the LAN handle the issue.
What are you after? Are you just trying to block your app from running or are you trying to block access to a database or file? Are you set for stand-alone operation or LAN based? How much security is enough?
M
Posting email only requests is considered bad form here on E-E as it deprives the other members of the benefits of the answers.
Anyway, back to the point. Password is a topic that comes up fairly often. Generally, passwording an app is more trouble than it's worth. Someone with physical access to your workstation can compromise most anything you can code. Problem is where to save the password. You can't really keep it buried in the .EXE, the registry and local files are all easily compromised.
If you're on a LAN you can have absolute control by letting the LAN handle the issue.
What are you after? Are you just trying to block your app from running or are you trying to block access to a database or file? Are you set for stand-alone operation or LAN based? How much security is enough?
M
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The code above is good for my encrypyion ,I will have many levels of user.what type of data storage should i use , How should i go about using this storage
cheers turlough
cheers turlough
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