Re: encryption question

Rael wrote:
Hi,

I would like to use an encryption method where no record of the secret key is kept. (If the correct key is supplied the data will be unencrypted correctly otherwise a meaningless stream will be returned.)
But how to know if the user has entered the correct password?

...

Create a hash value of the password. (encrypted text value of the password)

When the user provides the password the password is encrypted and compared to the hash value you created for the password via the encryption algorithm.

See MD5 algorithm for example.

Some components.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/tplockbox/

To secure your exe from being cracked you may want to secure it with

http://www.ionworx.com/securecode.html

Siegfried
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