I want to encrypt a password, and save it to file.
And later read it from file, and decrypt it.

How can i do that in Delphi 1.0 ??

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Halas (or should I say happily), I think the only possibity is to write your
own code and decode procedures.  Delphi does a lot of things, but sometimes,
you must write some lines of code...

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Ivan Fontaine

Take a look at the links at
www.efg2.com/lab/library/Delphi/MathFunctions/Cryptography.htm

In particular, Inprise TI 2803, "How to encrypt a String" may be a good starting point for you.

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Thank's.I found a file that can do it, i believe :-)

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Along with the suggestions given in this thread, I'd like to ask what
the application is. Do you *really* need to decrypt the password?
Often-times, the password is one-way encrypted and saved to a file.
Then, verification involves encrypting the password just given and
comparing it with the one that you generated and stored earlier. This is
more secure than decrypting the stored password, as then you would need
to store the key somewhere, probably in the application itself, where it
is available to anyone with the knowledge to poke around the assembler.
Even worse is relying on the secrecy of the encryption algorithm.

Just some thoughts.

Dave

Good question.The goal is not to have to enter the password every time.
But also not let the password on the HD completly unprotected..

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I'm not sure I follow. What do you mean by "not to have to enter the
password every time"? Surely the user should enter a password each time.
Explain?

Dave