Time for CFUnited again! If you are a ColdFusion Developer and would like to learn more about ColdFusion, then CFUnited is the place for you! Don't worry whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced developer, they have something for everyone here. Although the conference is being held early this year and in a different location, it is a great way to sharpen your skills and meet other developers. This is a conference put on by developers for developers.
I was just reading and listening to a presentation on security from CFUnited 07 (some presentations have audio and powerpoint presentations). I found it interesting how you could hash user passwords. A hash is a one way encryption method and can be used to store passwords in a database, so someone can't just "look up" user passwords in a database. Although the presentation didn't mention it, my room mate was talking about hashing passwords this morning and mentioned adding salt to the hashed password before storing. A salt is a randomly generated number/letter that you add to the user password before hashing. This prevents hackers from hashing common passwords and matching those to the passwords stored in a database. (see 12robots.com for more info).
See you at CFUnited!! If you're there, say hello!!
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