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From: "Christina Zhang" <czhang@theinformationforge.com>
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Subject: Crypt() encryption
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Hello,

We are planning to use Crypt() to encrypt the application level users' passwords.  Our question is that which encryption method the Crypt() is using? (DES, or some other encryption algorithms?) Because we concern about the strenth of the Crypt().

Thanks for your input.

Christina