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Encrypt and decrypt passwords via Pathscrambler

  • November 24, 2022
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Good day all,

does anyone know a way to encrypt and decrypt passwords via the Pathscrambler itself? I haven't found anything about decryption in the documentation so far and assume there is no support for this for security reasons.

Thanks for any feedback.

Kind regards
Jan Bretscher

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Jan Bretscher
Software-Engineer
Abf Informatik Ag
Cham CH
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    Jason Huggins
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    Good day all,

    does anyone know a way to encrypt and decrypt passwords via the Pathscrambler itself? I haven't found anything about decryption in the documentation so far and assume there is no support for this for security reasons.

    Thanks for any feedback.

    Kind regards
    Jan Bretscher

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    Jan Bretscher
    Software-Engineer
    Abf Informatik Ag
    Cham CH
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    Hi Jan,

    This is indeed intended as a one way tool in order protect the information that must stay secure.

    Regards,

    Jason.

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    Jason Huggins
    Director, Enablement & Education
    Rocket Internal - All Brands
    GB
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    • Stephane Pfefer
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    • December 7, 2022
    Good day all,

    does anyone know a way to encrypt and decrypt passwords via the Pathscrambler itself? I haven't found anything about decryption in the documentation so far and assume there is no support for this for security reasons.

    Thanks for any feedback.

    Kind regards
    Jan Bretscher

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    Jan Bretscher
    Software-Engineer
    Abf Informatik Ag
    Cham CH
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    Hi Jan,

    Usually you never decrypt passwords; you encrypt them and store the encrypted string in the database.

    When you want to check a password, you will encrypt again the user entry and you compare both encrypted texts. If they match, it is okay; if it does not, then the user entered a wrong password.

    The next step is to concatenate the user password with a random string (called salt). If you use this technic, then 2 same passwords will not be encrypted the same way which is important if your database gets breached.

    Stephane



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    Stephane Pfefer
    Application Specialist
    Darling
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