Yet another "Treasure"

Rob Grainger

I think even in the dim mists of time when VB6 code was still being written, this was probably not considered "secure":

Public Function CheckPassword() As Boolean
CheckPassword = False
If InputBox("Enter password", "Admin Area - Password Required") = "****" Then
CheckPassword = True
End If
End Function

I've obfuscated the password, but yes, it was stored in plain text, it was 4 characters long, and is in a dictionary.

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Nicholas Marty

Can I make a guess? The password was "Test"? :laugh:

thatraja

or "Pass"?

thatraja

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Brisingr Aerowing

Or "Dumb" Short for Dumbass Programmer.

thatraja

Mine's short for password. I have seen many people used admin/pass as login details for programs(testing).

thatraja

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BillW33

Yeah, that looks like top-notch security, after all, once the code is compiled there is no way anyone could see what is in an exe file. ;) :rolleyes:

Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.

Rob Grainger

Gets my vote - but not the one.

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.

mikepwilson

WOW That's... yeah. That's impressive.

PIEBALDconsult

Last night, I wanted to test my (database-agnostic) data access tool against an Access database. The one I tried was for a little app I wrote many years ago which I knew was password-protected, I had to look in the code to remind myself of what the password was -- very handy, that. :-D

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Richard Deeming

Is it "elephant", or is that just what you shouted when you found this code? :rolleyes:

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