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Generate DB Password from license key - a good idea?

There's this web app which has a SQLServer database, and the connection string it uses to access the database is not stored in any configuration file. Rather, the designers decided it would be a good ...
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Why Not Allow Special Characters In a Password?

The culprit in this case is a particular (and particularly large) bank. I know one that does not allow special characters (of any sort) in their passwords. Is their any valid reason for doing this? ...
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Best security algorith for storing passwords [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Which password hashing method should I use? I want the best cryptography algorithm for storing passwords in database, which one should I use and how can I implement ...