RE: Re[2]: HTTP authentication

> From: Jason k Larson [mailto:jlarson@harrison.org] 
>
> I have written a library to handle this.  It is fairly secure 
> not allowing the password to be seen except as an MD5 digest. 
>  The only requirement is being able to deal with the MD5 
> digest.  For instance I have a PgSQL Table with fields User 
> ID, Username, Password, and Status.  I give each User and 
> unique ID and the Password field contains and MD5 digest of 
> the password and I use status (boolean) to tell me if the 
> user is active or not.

What exactly is a MD5 diggest? :o)


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