PHP data encryption |
PHP data encryption |
joyful |
Aug 14 2011, 12:36 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 15-November 10 Member No.: 13,147 |
Hey!
I was wondering what the standard was for encrypting data in PHP. I am sending data to a MySQL database, my data is mainly my users email address and passwords... How much encryption is necessary? Is converting all of my data into md5 hashes good enough? Are md5 hashes simply the binary version? I know there are other ways of preforming PHP encryption... Should I encrypt my users data more on top of md5? Thanks a lot in advance! -- |
raydin |
Aug 14 2011, 12:50 AM
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MD5 is what I use and it should be fine. However, I'd wait to see what others here have to say.
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SteveL |
Oct 19 2011, 08:15 PM
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I'd take a look at the PHP crypt() function, as it's very likely more suitable for password hashing than MD5.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.crypt.php |
joyful |
Oct 19 2011, 08:27 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 15-November 10 Member No.: 13,147 |
Thank you SteveL and raydin!
I will have a look at crypt(). This post has been edited by joyful: Oct 19 2011, 08:28 PM |
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