Registered: Sep 2003
From: Hamburg, Germany

hi!

are there any possibilities for encoding something with nsis? i want the user to insert a password that should be storde in the registry - but not in plain text...

any ideas?

thanx
jp

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Registered: Nov 2001
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You can either create a function with the NSIS script language or, if you need advanced encryption, create a plug-in.

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Registered: Oct 2001
From: Jerusalem, Israel

What about MD5?

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Registered: Nov 2001
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That's indeed useful for a password. Not for other types of storage, because it's not an encryption but a hash.

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Registered: Aug 2002
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Quick plugin based which provides base64 compression.

Attachment: base64.zip
This has been downloaded 261 time(s).

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Registered: Aug 2002
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That sentence made no sense! hehe. What I meant to say was...
"Quick plugin which provides base64 compression."
sorry, hehe

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Registered: Nov 2001
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For passwords using a hash is safer.

dselkirk, can you create an archive page?

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