Encrypted INI?

[Jax]

Security through obscurity is never a good idea, and also you should not encrypt passwords, you should hash them.

Ini++ has some actions on this and the help explains it a bit.

[BrandonC]

I looked at your program. The protection you have on it is more than enough for the average user. I have a program that saves usernames/passwords on my website, and I did not use an extreme security measure either.

stephen1980

I'm glad I never used it. Security like that is just as much in the concern of the user, for their information, as it is in the designer who is trusted to protect it.

[maVado]

What I wrote was just an example. Come up with your own solution and use good protection, also let the user know how their information is handled, best case is you just encrypt the unsername and never store the password.

Btw. Demigod, a game released a few weeks ago stored the password as plain text. Just to give you an example that not all Designers really care. And this is a comercial game.

[Stephen]

I looked at your program. The protection you have on it is more than enough for the average user. I have a program that saves usernames/passwords on my website, and I did not use an extreme security measure either.

stephen1980

I'm glad I never used it. Security like that is just as much in the concern of the user, for their information, as it is in the designer who is trusted to protect it.

This program was requested by a user as more of an example than a full-fledged program. If you don't want to use it, that is up to you.

stephen1980

[RickyRombo]

Hash symbols? Well hopefully my encryption will be enough...

[Shawn]

Well always keep in mind what your product is intended for.

I mean really, I don't have anything on my computer that needs amazing government level encryption. If I had something that important, it probably wouldn't be saved on my hard drive :P

[maVado]

@ RickyRombo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function