(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); looking for the best way to mask passwords in a program.
the language doesn't really matter as long as it's at least an intermediate level language.

preferably c# c c++ python


if anyone has any code please reply.

and what i mean is:
example

    

username:john doe

password:********

okay i found this for me and anyone else who would like to implement this into their c++ programs

must include <windows.h>

    

string getpass(const char *prompt, bool show_asterisk=true)

{

  const char BACKSPACE=8;

  const char RETURN=13;



  string password;

  unsigned char ch=0;



  cout <<prompt<<endl;



  DWORD con_mode;

  DWORD dwRead;



  HANDLE hIn=GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);



  GetConsoleMode( hIn, &con_mode );

  SetConsoleMode( hIn, con_mode & ~(ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT | ENABLE_LINE_INPUT) );



  while(ReadConsoleA( hIn, &ch, 1, &dwRead, NULL) && ch !=RETURN)

    {

       if(ch==BACKSPACE)

         {

            if(password.length()!=0)

              {

                 if(show_asterisk)

                     cout <<"\b \b";

                 password.resize(password.length()-1);

              }

         }

       else

         {

             password+=ch;

             if(show_asterisk)

                 cout <<'*';

         }

    }

  cout <<endl;

  return password;

}

it's pretty sweet it works like this.

you have to make a variable like this

    

const char *<variable name>="<string>"

then you make them guess the password like this

    

string <variable name> = getpass("<string to say here", <true or false>;

note: false will not show asterisks true will.
pretty neat.

if you mean when you type the password in, display a certain char instead of the actual password characters, in visual basic there is a property for it called passwordChar (i think its called that) just input * or whatever, its in visual basic so i presume it will be available for c# / c++ | hope this makes sense.

yeah that's called password masking.

vb is to simple the passwordChar would probably be available for c# but not c++ because it might have something to do with .net? maybe. idk
but anyhow would like to see some implementations in c c++ or python.

C++, C#, VB.NET with Visual Studio when using window forms uses the same classes to do the same things. C++ however allows for you to break away from the .NET framework while programming if you choose to.

oh yeah. that's right. well i've only used visual studio as a compiler really. but i found a way to do it up top that works well in c++ would love to see a py script of it. or something similar.

you was asking for password masking? anyway to sum up what i said, there is a built in property for password masking for vb