store password secure in INI

bSecRes · 19th July 2003, 14:49

If the password is only for the purpose of protecting a rar file later... I wouldn't spend that much time on this. Do a ROT13 or something because rar files do crap job of protecting the password anyway. Checkout Elcomsoft. If you just want to say, AES encryption well then that's fine too. Still, if you're keeping the key in the compiled installer which it sounds llike you have to do, these things are reversible. Kichik has given fairly straightforward instructions for it on this forum in the past.

When I'm done with my current project I'll look into writing a function for doing an md5 sum in NSIS or finding a suitable and small DLL and posting the code to use it. In a dream world of mine I'd write PGP support but...

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19th July 2003, 14:49	#1
bSecRes Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: LA USA Posts: 37	If the password is only for the purpose of protecting a rar file later... I wouldn't spend that much time on this. Do a ROT13 or something because rar files do crap job of protecting the password anyway. Checkout Elcomsoft. If you just want to say, AES encryption well then that's fine too. Still, if you're keeping the key in the compiled installer which it sounds llike you have to do, these things are reversible. Kichik has given fairly straightforward instructions for it on this forum in the past. When I'm done with my current project I'll look into writing a function for doing an md5 sum in NSIS or finding a suitable and small DLL and posting the code to use it. In a dream world of mine I'd write PGP support but...