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2004-02-22 - By martin weiser
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hmm, and how to compare crypted pass, with input pass ?
when .htaccess can handle crypted password by sevreal algorythms, even their
combinations (crypt() + md5 + base64encode())
martin
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Jim Cheng " <jim@(protected) >
To: <flashcoders@(protected) >
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash authentication without database
> Dominico Savio wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to build a Flash authentication without using a
database???
>
> Certainly! The entire reason for the existence of databases
> is for quick access to very large numbers of records. If
> you don 't need to authenticate too many users against their
> passwords (perhaps under a thousand unique users), you can
> just use a plain text file to store their names and passwords
>
> The Unix passwd system and many web servers do just this for
> their built-in access control. You 'd then only need some
> server-side script that 'll communicate with Flash, scan the
> file and authenticate their password against what 's listed
> for that user in the file (typically a hash for security
> reasons).
>
> If you 're using Apache, you even do this with just .htaccess
> and .htpasswd files in a local directory without having to
> go through scripting to limit user access to certain files.
>
> Jim
>
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