Making a username and password universal without hard coding 1

[dellyjm]

How do you go about making a username and password available to all programs. We want to stop hard-coding in our sourcecode (maintance purposes...passchange etc...) how would I do that...<br><br>Suggesstions

 

[MikeLacey]

Option 1: Secure-ish, very easy.<br><br>Hard code just the one master password - use that to get into an encrypted Access database containing your user/passwd list.<br><br>Option 2: Probably not secure at all, very hard.<br><br>Write your own passwd encryption algorithms and embed them into all your applications - drive yourselves completely crazy when it all goes wrong and you can't get into any of your apps!<br><br>Option 3: Most Secure, easy.<br><br>Use a database that supports users and passwords.<br><br>My bias is, I think, obvious. <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

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