Subj : src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
To   : deon
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Feb 26 2023 09:32 pm

  Re: src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
  By: deon to Digital Man on Mon Feb 27 2023 03:30 pm

 >   Re: src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
 >   By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Feb 26 2023 05:11 pm
 >
 > Howdy,
 >
 >  > in memory as some point during the authentiation process(es). So we'd
 >  > have to have a way to decrypt an encrypted password (i.e. stored in
 >  > user.tab file). Which means you'd have to have a private key stored
 >  > somewhere. Is that private key store secure? If it's just a file in the
 >  > sbbs directory tree, its no more secure than the user.tab file. You see
 >  > where this is going?
 >
 > Why is it needed to decrypt it?

I'm not sure I understand your question. Why is a key needed to decrypt a password? Because that's how reversable encryption works. <shrug>
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