[asterisk-users] Hide the plain text password

[Steve Howes]

On 14 Feb 2011, at 22:30, Jian Gao wrote:
> I am thinking using MySQL DB to save the user account information. And let mysql encrypt the password, (MD5 maybe?). I remember I've done SIP realtime registration. Can I also use this way on the Google Voice account?

If you hash the password, you cant 'un-hash' it to send to Google. It'd have to be two-way encryption.. Which is pointless because as Kevin says, someone will just reverse it.

S