change Hardcoded password

[PcExpert]

Hi all,

Is there a way to change a hardcoded password?

Example:

Original:

$pw = InputBox("Password Test", "Please enter your password")

If $pw = "MyPassword" then

Msgbox(64, "Password Test", "Access Granted")

Else

Msgbox(16, "Password Test", "Access Denied")

Endif

User changed password:

$pw = InputBox("Password Test", "Please enter your password")

If $pw = "MyChangedPassword" then

Msgbox(64, "Password Test", "Access Granted")

Else

Msgbox(16, "Password Test", "Access Denied")

Endif

Or is there any other way to safely store a password?

Thanks!

[poisonkiller]

No, you can't change a hardcoded password, but you could encrypt it and store in registry/.ini

[PcExpert]

Can you explain me how to encrypt the ini?

[dantay9]

Look up the _StringEncrypt help file. You should find some help with encryption there.

[torels]

use hashes!

it's the safest thing i believe

let's suppose you have a function called MD5() that gives you an MD5 Hash of a string (you can find some of these scripts on the forum)

then what you do is this:

$pw = InputBox("Password Test", "Please enter your password")
If MD5($pw) = "847d78db803dd148cdcc22ee7c4a0205" then ;847d78db803dd148cdcc22ee7c4a0205 is an MD5 hash of MyChangedPassword
Msgbox(64, "Password Test", "Access Granted")
Else
Msgbox(16, "Password Test", "Access Denied")
Endif

the advantage in this is that you can't reverse the password (at least not in a short time... it usually takes days and loads of work)

this allows you to also store the new password (every time it's changed) as it is in an ini or a registry key. Just hash it.

cheers

[James]

Use _StringEncrypt().