How to encrypt Passwords?

[Alan DeKok]

Peter Moreton wrote:
> We have to store the passwords in some hashed or encrypted format and
> I’m posting the the list to ask how this is done. Can the ‘users’  file
> support ciphertext passwords? Or do we have to store our users in some
> SQL database?

  The ciphered passwords can be stored anywhere you want.  The server
supports Crypt-Password, MD5-Password, SMD5-Password, and a whole bunch
of others.

  Alan DeKok.