greatisgreat
I would like to know which library is the best for encryption in phoenix or can i just use Plug.Crypto.MessageEncryptor? I want to encrypt a password that the user send us
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hauleth
What and why you want to encrypt?
greatisgreat
i want to encrypt the password and store it in the database
kokolegorille
There are some…
You might find them on hex.pm
greatisgreat
But cant i just use Plug.Crypto.MessageEncryptor for encrypting the password?
kokolegorille
Those mentionned are for this task…
greatisgreat
why do you recommend using these libraries over Plug.Crypto.MessageEncryptor for encrypting the passwords and storing it in the database?
kokolegorille
Because of topic’s title…
greatisgreat
so will you recommend using these libraries over Plug.Crypto.MessageEncryptor?
kokolegorille
Yes, I would recommend those libraries for the requested task.
While I would use Plug.Crypto.MessageEncryptor for encrypting communication.
sb8244
You don’t want passwords to be decrypted… Or else someone could maliciously do that and the passwords are leaked.
The 3 libraries mentioned are all hashing libraries. That means that the data goes in and (in theory) can never come back out again.
I might suggest using a prebuilt user login solution like pow if you are not sure what the difference is. User data is important to keep private.