How to create sequre login to desktop application

[JaneBerez]

How to create sequre login to desktop application. I use delphi3, sql-server 7.0 and Windows NT. Some of my users have Windows 2000. What component to use for login.

Thank you

[tomtom62]

I'm not pretty sure, what your intention is. One possible approach would be to use a edit-field, which cannot be "spyed out" by the usual password crack programs. Then you should have a database which only stores the hash code of a password, not the plain password.

At login time, you only need to calculate the users hash, check against you "database" hash and thats it.