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I have never encrypted a password before, and this is what I came up with to do it, with the aid of this article . The article didn't include salt, so I had to figure it out myself: UTF8Encoding encoder = new UTF8Encoding(); byte[] salt = new byte[8]; new Random().NextBytes(salt); byte[] encodedPassword = encoder.GetBytes(txtPassword.Text); byte[] saltedPassword = new byte[8 + encodedPassword.Length]; System.Buffer.BlockCopy(salt, 0, saltedPassword, 0, 8); System.Buffer.BlockCopy(encodedPassword, 0, saltedPassword, 8, encodedPassword.Length); byte[] encryptedPassword = new

I am trying to set a user option in an AD Account, while creating the account i am trying to set the option "User Cannot Change Password". But I am getting the error "Security ID Structure invalid" error, when trying to set the value of new security descriptor. Here is the sample code, string[] trustees = new string[] { @"NT AUTHORITY\SELF", "EVERYONE" }; IADsSecurityDescriptor sd = (IADsSecurityDescriptor)usr.Properties["ntSecurityDescriptor"].Value; IADsAccessControlList acl = (IADsAccessControlList)sd.DiscretionaryAcl; IADsAccessControlEntry ace = new AccessControlEntry(); foreach (string

HI I am getting Resource#6 and Resource#7 when I print the following variables: $salty_password = sha1($row['salt'], $_POST['password']); if(isset($_POST['subSignIn']) && !empty($_POST['email']) && !empty($_POST['password'])) { $query = "SELECT `salt` FROM `cysticUsers` WHERE `Email` = '" . $_POST['email'] . "'"; $request = mysql_query($query,$connection) or die(mysql_error()); $result = mysql_fetch_array($request); $query2 = "SELECT * FROM `cysticUsers` WHERE `Email` = '". $_POST['email']."' AND `Password` = '$salty_password'"; $request2 = mysql_query($query2,$connection) or die(mysql_error()

I'm developing a Java Play application and I'm storing the Database password in plain text inside the application.conf file. db.default.url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@HOST:PORT/SID" db.default.user=USER db.default.pass=PW Now i want to store it as an encrypted password. While searching for a solution I saw many articals about implementing a plugin. Following is an solution I came across. Encrypting db password in application.conf In that example, play.PlayPlugin is used but when I try it, I get an package not found error. Do I need to insert an external jar file or is it because of a version problem.

I'm trying to create my own JS Password Strength Meter. It was working before but i didn't like how it worked so I tried using {score +=10;} Instead of just: score++ This is my code: http://jsfiddle.net/RSq4L/ Best Regards, Shawn, Hope someone can help Multiple issues: Your passwordStrength() function was not defined in the global scope in the jsFiddle so it wasn't getting called. This is probably an artifact of how you set up the jsFiddle, perhaps not an issue in your real code. The method of getting the appropriate ratingMsg will not work because you don't have array values for every

In yii i am creating project. After validation of user's entered email, i am displaying password.php file which is having textfield for entering new password. Password.php= <?php $form=$this->beginWidget('CActiveForm', array( 'id'=>'email-form', 'enableClientValidation'=>true, )); echo CHtml::textField('Enter new password'); echo CHtml::textField('Repeat password'); echo CHtml::submitButton('Submit'); $this->endWidget(); When user will enter new password and click on submit button i want to insert this new password into User table's password field, in such a way that it overright old password.

I want to build app like parental control, so when child try to uninstall/remove my app I would like to require that a user type a password before being allowed to uninstall/remove my application. i try this, but still don't understand : Require a password to uninstall/remove application Any suggest? You can lock the device if you use device administration. Users can't uninstall active device admins, then you can lock the device if they try to disable device admin, then the parent could type in the password to unlock it. In your manifest: <receiver android:name=".AdminReceiver" android:label=

I'm having problem with masking the password column. The code below works, but it doesnt work the way I want. While editing it do mask the password but when I am done and continue to the next datagridviewcell password becomes visible. private void dataGridView1_EditingControlShowing(object sender, DataGridViewEditingControlShowingEventArgs e) { if ( dataGridView1.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex == 5 || dataGridView1.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex == 10)//select target column { TextBox textBox = e.Control as TextBox; if (textBox != null) { textBox.UseSystemPasswordChar = true; } } var txtBox = e.Control as