Passwords - One-Way Encryption

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- Keeping a plaintext file of passwords is dangerous

Solution:
- Protecting passwords by encrypting them (One-Way Encryption is an innovation by Roger Needham and Mike Guy)
- Entry is encrypted and only if the value matches a stored one, the login is accepted


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