I want to make it possible to MD5 a password field, and store the MD5 value into a table. Not so hard really, except I can't figure out how to actually get an MD5 encoding within Access.
For security reasons, users will enter their password, and it will be run through an MD5 encoder and stored in the table with their user number. To login, they enter their password, and it is run through the MD5 encoder, and checked to see if the MD5 encoding matches the stored MD5 encoded password. If they match, the passwords are very likely to be equal. Otherwise, they do not match and the user is rerouted back to the login screen.
I have found this to be an excellent way of running logins, especially with web based applications. This Access front-end will be acquiring data from a web-accessible database, so the extra security measure seems to be a good idea.
Would anyone know how to encode logins in such a way?
Thanks!
For security reasons, users will enter their password, and it will be run through an MD5 encoder and stored in the table with their user number. To login, they enter their password, and it is run through the MD5 encoder, and checked to see if the MD5 encoding matches the stored MD5 encoded password. If they match, the passwords are very likely to be equal. Otherwise, they do not match and the user is rerouted back to the login screen.
I have found this to be an excellent way of running logins, especially with web based applications. This Access front-end will be acquiring data from a web-accessible database, so the extra security measure seems to be a good idea.
Would anyone know how to encode logins in such a way?
Thanks!
